{"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":"General Atomics completes ITER magnet; DOE announces funding to advance fusion leadership; study shows Super-X design results for handling hot exhaust","slug":"general-atomics-completes-iter-magnet-doe-announces-funding-to-advance-fusion-leadership-study-shows-super-x-design-results-for-handling-hot-exhaust","published_at":"2025-09-17T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831/general-atomics-completes-iter-magnet-doe-announces-funding-to-advance-fusion-leadership-study-shows-super-x-design-results-for-handling-hot-exhaust","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fusionindustry/episodes/General-Atomics-completes-ITER-magnet-DOE-announces-funding-to-advance-fusion-leadership-study-shows-Super-X-design-results-for-handling-hot-exhaust-e38a0tk","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/48e20d54/podcast/play/108380532/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-16%2F6bc973bf-f4fe-fe03-72e1-f6b509fae532.mp3","summary":"September 17, 2025 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. 1. General Atomics marks completion of ITER’s superconducting fusion magnet https://www.ans.org/news/2025-09-04/article-7345/general-atomics-marks-completion-of-iters-superconducting-fusion-magnet/ 2. Energy Department Announces $134 Million to Advance U.S. Fusion Leadership https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/doe-invests-134-million-to-advance-u-s-leadership-in-fusion-energy-innovation/198167/ 3. Durham scientists advance ITER reactor with landmark superconductor study https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/durham-scientists-advance-iter-reactor-with-superconductor-study/61668/ 4. Super-X' design shows major advantages in handling hot exhaust of fusion energy https://phys.org/news/2025-09-super-major-advantages-hot-exhaust.html 5. Livermore Approves Billion-Dollar Nuclear Fusion Research Facility Proposal https://patch.com/california/livermore/livermore-approves-billion-dollar-nuclear-fusion-research-facility-proposal# Bonus: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/09/10/how-to-build-table-top-fusion-reactors https://global.kyocera.com/newsroom/news/2025/001124.html Watch the episode on the FIA's YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/rzc9hed_C2c","meta_description":"September 17, 2025 Mechanical design engineer Jasmine Mund gives this week's Fusion News update - summarizing behind the headlines of recent fusion energy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":522,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fusion-news-2296831/episodes/general-atomics-completes-iter-magnet-doe-announces-funding-to-advance-fusion-leadership-study-shows-super-x-design-results-for-handling-hot-exhaust/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/general-atomics-completes-iter-magnet-doe-announces-funding-to-advance-fusion-leadership-study-shows-super-x-design-results-for-handling-hot-exhaust.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}