Fusion News - Friday 8th January 2021

A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, a consultant specializing in science communication and the evaluation of superconducting materials.

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Links to all the articles mentioned are below for further reading:

1. Is nuclear fusion the answer to the climate crisis?
https://www.theguardian.com/environme...

2. The UK’s quest for affordable fusion by 2040
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...

3. Scientists collaborate on public-private partnership to facilitate the development of commercial fusion energy
https://www.pppl.gov/news/2020/12/sci...
https://scitechdaily.com/future-zero-...
https://interestingengineering.com/do...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...

4. Clean nuclear: Oxford start-up 10 years ahead of government targets in race to build fusion plant (paywall)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...

5. Fusion Legislation Signed into Law
https://www.fusionindustryassociation...

6. Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-korean-...
https://scitechdaily.com/korean-artif...
https://bestgamingpro.com/koreas-fusi...
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/3...
https://futurism.com/the-byte/korean-...

7. New fusion videos
   • WHAT IT TAKES TO LIGHT A STAR  

   • The ITER You Never See  

   • 2020 fusion progress at Tokamak Energy  

8. Fusion Crowdsourcing Challenge Launched
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/...
https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/fusion...