{"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":"Proxima’s stellarator fusion machine; UKAEA invests in First Light Fusion; $95M magnet deal with Tokamak Energy moves UK closer to fusion power plant","slug":"proxima-s-stellarator-fusion-machine-ukaea-invests-in-first-light-fusion-95m-magnet-deal-with-tokamak-energy-moves-uk-closer-to-fusion-power-plant","published_at":"2026-04-29T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831/proxima-s-stellarator-fusion-machine-ukaea-invests-in-first-light-fusion-95m-magnet-deal-with-tokamak-energy-moves-uk-closer-to-fusion-power-plant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fusionindustry/episodes/Proximas-stellarator-fusion-machine-UKAEA-invests-in-First-Light-Fusion-95M-magnet-deal-with-Tokamak-Energy-moves-UK-closer-to-fusion-power-plant-e3ij9nj","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/48e20d54/podcast/play/119170227/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-28%2F9c4c3250-954c-a7be-5f13-9f592369cf2e.mp3","summary":"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. The ‘dumb machine’ promising a clean energy breakthrough https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yvm11xrn6o 2. UKAEA backs First Light Fusion in £25m funding round https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/first-light-fusion-raises-25m-for-commercial-fusion-push 3. US firm to scale laser-based fusion ‘breakthrough’ with new partnership https://interestingengineering.com/energy/laser-nuclear-fusion-moves-to-private-sector 4. $95M Tokamak Energy deal moves UK closer to building a fusion power plant https://interestingengineering.com/energy/uk-fusion-tokamak-energy-magnet-contract Bonus: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69e87bd8d36883a64473b7ec/ukaea-strategy-2026-2030.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3AK_yi-Hww","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":575,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fusion-news-2296831/episodes/proxima-s-stellarator-fusion-machine-ukaea-invests-in-first-light-fusion-95m-magnet-deal-with-tokamak-energy-moves-uk-closer-to-fusion-power-plant/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/proxima-s-stellarator-fusion-machine-ukaea-invests-in-first-light-fusion-95m-magnet-deal-with-tokamak-energy-moves-uk-closer-to-fusion-power-plant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}