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PPPL physicist receives Edison Award for fusion-powered rocket propulsion PPPL physicist Sam Cohen received the 2020 Thomas Edison Patent Award for a compact rocket engine thruster.
Path-setting theoretical physicist Elena Belova elected an APS Fellow A pioneer in developing hybrid codes for fusion and space plasmas.
Groundbreaking Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor is designated a Nuclear Historic Landmark The trailblazing facility laid the foundation for future fusion power plants.
Renowned computational physicist is named associate director of computational science Bill Dorland appointed to new key position at PPPL.

PPPL News

December 17, 2020

Advisory Committee Releases Long-Range Plan for U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Program

December 14, 2020

New findings could improve understanding of potentially damaging solar storms

December 10, 2020

Arecibo Observatory and PPPL – A Noble, and Nobel, History

December 9, 2020

PPPL receives two national environmental awards

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Fusion Around the World

News from the global fusion research community

May 26, 2020

Nuclear Fusion Startup Gets $84 Million to Enter Next Phase

U.S. clean-energy startup, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, raised an additional $84 million from major investors in Europe and Asia, underscoring that the appetite remains to back new technologies which could mitigate climate change.

April 28, 2020

How Close Are We to Commercial Fusion Generators?

Fusion generators have the potential to create massive amounts of clean and renewable energy.

April 10, 2020

ITER Progress in Pictures (2019)

Explore progress on the ITER site construction and component fabrication from all of the ITER partners. Published December 2019.

March 5, 2020

Overview of Policy and Technical Progress in Fusion Energy Development Around the World

Fusion energy is moving towards technological and commercial reality.

February 18, 2020

Department of Energy Announces $50 Million for Fusion Energy R&D

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $50 million in crosscutting Departmental funding for programs to support fusion energy research and development.

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