{"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":"Laser-powered fusion, World's most powerful laser, Realta Fusion raises $36M","slug":"laser-powered-fusion-world-s-most-powerful-laser-realta-fusion-raises-36m","published_at":"2025-05-28T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831/laser-powered-fusion-world-s-most-powerful-laser-realta-fusion-raises-36m","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fusionindustry/episodes/Laser-powered-fusion--Worlds-most-powerful-laser--Realta-Fusion-raises-36M-e33ei8o","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/48e20d54/podcast/play/103286488/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-27%2Fd3432ffd-d1d8-3450-5bc8-90050faddb46.mp3","summary":"A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Jeff Peachman, a graduate student of plasma physics at the University of Washington. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below. 1. Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output. https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/laser-powered-fusion-experiment-more-than-doubles-its-power-output/ 2. US fires world's most powerful laser ever, 100 times brighter than global power. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/us-fires-worlds-most-powerful-laser-ever 3. Realta Fusion, raises $36M, targeting mid-2030s for commercial fusion energy. https://www.wisbusiness.com/2025/realta-fusion-raises-36m-targeting-mid-2030s-for-commercial-fusion-energy/ Bonus: https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/france-fusion-energy-suprafusion-program/ https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/technology/20250520-255367/","meta_description":"A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Jeff Peachman, a graduate student of plasma physics at the University of Washington. Links to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":438,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fusion-news-2296831/episodes/laser-powered-fusion-world-s-most-powerful-laser-realta-fusion-raises-36m/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/laser-powered-fusion-world-s-most-powerful-laser-realta-fusion-raises-36m.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}