{"podcast":{"title":"Fusion News","slug":"fusion-news-2296831","podcast_index_feed_id":2296831,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/48e20d54/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/12127741/12127741-1725475831299-f046181840fea.jpg","author":"Fusion Industry Association","episode_count":120,"summary":"A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by young fusion researchers. Keep up to date with all the recent news in the industry in this one easy, fortnightly package. And look out for the bonus \"Extra\" deep-dives. Fusion News is also available as a video version for those who like pictures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSc-BFbCpFJjhZldM3BOcQ","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T16:18:09.951089+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831"},"episode":{"title":"EAST breaks limit, Fusion magnet installation, AI speeds tokamak design, Pilot plant certified by DOE, TAE merges with TMTG","slug":"east-breaks-limit-fusion-magnet-installation-ai-speeds-tokamak-design-pilot-plant-certified-by-doe-tae-merges-with-tmtg","published_at":"2026-01-21T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831/east-breaks-limit-fusion-magnet-installation-ai-speeds-tokamak-design-pilot-plant-certified-by-doe-tae-merges-with-tmtg","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fusionindustry/episodes/EAST-breaks-limit--Fusion-magnet-installation--AI-speeds-tokamak-design--Pilot-plant-certified-by-DOE--TAE-merges-with-TMTG-e3dua2n","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/48e20d54/podcast/play/114288151/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-20%2F4142d7ff-1692-1c0e-6410-935443f5ad70.mp3","summary":"Mechanical design engineer Jasmine Mund 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. EAST breaks fusion density limit https://www.neimagazine.com/news/east-breaks-fusion-density-limit/ US energy company installs first fusion magnet, nears clean power breakthrough https://interestingengineering.com/ces-2026/us-firm-first-nuclear-fusion-magnet AI speeds UK fusion tokamak design by 100,000 times https://channellife.co.uk/story/ai-speeds-uk-fusion-tokamak-design-by-100-000-times Thea Energy’s fusion pilot plant preconceptual design certified by U.S. Dept. of Energy https://www.roi-nj.com/2026/01/13/industry/energy-utilities/thea-energys-fusion-pilot-plant-preconceptual-design-certified-by-u-s-dept-of-energy/ Why is Truth Social owner Trump Media merging with a fusion energy firm? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/19/trump-media-tae-technologies-energy-merger Bonus: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3x7pz28mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inDGDyz3MNE https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fia-annual-conference-2026/","meta_description":"Mechanical design engineer Jasmine Mund gives this week's Fusion News update - summarizing behind the headlines of recent fusion energy news articles. Lin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":550,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fusion-news-2296831/episodes/east-breaks-limit-fusion-magnet-installation-ai-speeds-tokamak-design-pilot-plant-certified-by-doe-tae-merges-with-tmtg/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831/east-breaks-limit-fusion-magnet-installation-ai-speeds-tokamak-design-pilot-plant-certified-by-doe-tae-merges-with-tmtg.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}