Press Releases

Strategy Supports the U.S. Bold Decadal Vision for Commercial Fusion Energy

U.S.-UK Strategic Energy Dialogue 2024: Joint Statement

DOE and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan to form a major new strategic partnership to accelerate the demonstration and commercialization of fusion energy.

Funding Supports Three Hubs to Build on DOE’s Groundbreaking Work in Fusion, Including Last Year’s Successful Ignition

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $29 million in funding for seven team awards for research in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data resources for fusion energy sciences.

Projects span simulation of confined plasma dynamics, materials science, whole facility modeling, and computational frameworks for fusion energy

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science announced $28.5 Million for LaserNetUS to advance discovery science and inertial fusion energy.

Projects span enabling technologies, materials science, modeling and simulation, and plasma diagnostics for fusion energy

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science (SC) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced $5.25 million for 11 research projects in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP).

Dr. Jean Paul Allain will join the Department of Energy Office of Science (SC) as the Associate Director (AD) for Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), effective July 1, 2023.