Adrian Carrillo, master’s student at the University of Washington, gives this week's Fusion News update - summarizing behind the headlines of recent fusion energy news articles. Links to the stories discussed are included below:

1. Advancing fusion energy: Innovative breeding blanket designs at KIT

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/advancing-fusion-energy-innovative-breeding-blanket-designs-at-kit/67336/

2. First Light validates tritium breeding

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/first-light-validates-tritium-breeding/

3. US takes step to solidify rules on fusion energy

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-takes-step-solidify-rules-nuclear-fusion-energy-2026-02-26/

4. The Hidden Technology That Could Finally Make Fusion Power Work

https://scitechdaily.com/the-hidden-technology-that-could-finally-make-fusion-power-work/

Bonus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWhbrRVwS-M

https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fia-annual-conference-2026/

Carli Smith, fusion researcher at Kyoto Fusioneering, gives today's global fusion news update. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.

1. Fusion Startup Claims Major Advance in New Zealand Trial

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-17/nuclear-fusion-startup-claims-major-advance-in-new-zealand-trial

2. China has just broken a barrier that physicists believed to be unbreakable for decades, and its 150 million-degree artificial sun could bring us closer than ever to the energy of the stars

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/china-has-just-broken-a-barrier-that-physicists-believed-to-be-unbreakable-for-decades-and-its-150-million-degree-artificial-sun-could-bring-us-closer-than-ever-to-the-energy-of-the-stars/27313/

3. Japan fusion startup completes ‘one-of-a-kind’ coil manufacturing machine

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/japan-fusion-startup-completes-coil-manufacturing

4. Proxima Fusion seeks €2 Billion to build a nuclear fusion test facility

https://thenextweb.com/news/proxima-fusion-seeks-e2-billion-to-build-a-nuclear-fusion-test-facility

Bonus:

https://biztimes.com/new-wisconsin-consortium-will-grow-states-fusion-energy-ecosystem/

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/ukaea-backs-fusion-tech/

Dr. Cyd Cowley, working at the intersection of fusion and AI at FIA affiliate member digiLab, gives today's global fusion news update. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.

1. Fusion Startup Raises $450 Million in Bid to Make Power Using World’s Biggest Lasers

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/nuclear-fusion-startup-raises-450-million-to-make-power-with-lasers

2. Who Will Be First To Unlock Nuclear Fusion?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/drewbernstein/2026/02/12/who-will-be-first-to-unlock-nuclear-fusion/

3. Pacific Fusion finds a cheaper way to make its fusion reactor work

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/pacific-fusion-finds-a-cheaper-way-to-make-its-fusion-reactor-work/

4. Fusion startup Helion hits blistering temps as it races toward 2028 deadline

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/fusion-startup-helion-hits-blistering-temps-as-it-races-toward-2028-deadline/

Bonus:

https://stepfusion.com/step-fusion-milestone-remountable-magnet-technology-passes-major-tests/

https://bluedotliving.com/can-fusion-energy-really-power-the-future-with-alex-creely-commonwealth-fusion-systems/