Fusion News, June 28, 2023

Cyd Cowley, a PhD student studying at the University of York and working at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, gives an update on the global developments in fusion energy in the past couple weeks. Links to the articles and videos mentioned are included below for reference. 1. Germany sees opportunity in nuclear fusion, but funding for research remains uncertain https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/germany-sees-opportunity-nuclear-fusion-funding-research-remains-100303747 2. With $10T on the line, 6 fusion investors explain why they’re all in https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/21/fusion-investors-survey/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGwzVor-Qs_406tyby8rEUHt8UEZ3Ss9q_u5vl1uOKVtifGcytxUWodCof6ZIgIuL3TIYrjE-aYPkt8LJ4OfXc363EEn03KOP58QbtrgNqLeQmXH2HalvZ6l58ZFeAHwQ37e3RSkPZmdzVsAsZTVTgSIk-Pp-RO1me0O8Vo12TOH 3. UK-US partnership for nuclear fusion rockets https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-future-of-fusion-energy/ 4. Why the ‘Mother of Dragons’ at SpaceX left her job building rockets to work on nuclear fusion https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/10/why-ex-spacex-mother-of-dragons-darby-dunn-moved-to-building-fusion.html Bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opQgKtIsEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYjiNj9E4h8