{"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":"Record funding for European fusion; world's largest privately owned laser just turned on; Thea Energy raises $100M in new funding","slug":"record-funding-for-european-fusion-world-s-largest-privately-owned-laser-just-turned-on-thea-energy-raises-100m-in-new-funding","published_at":"2026-06-10T06:31:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831/record-funding-for-european-fusion-world-s-largest-privately-owned-laser-just-turned-on-thea-energy-raises-100m-in-new-funding","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fusion-news-2296831","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fusionindustry/episodes/Record-funding-for-European-fusion-worlds-largest-privately-owned-laser-just-turned-on-Thea-Energy-raises-100M-in-new-funding-e3kigi0","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/48e20d54/podcast/play/121241600/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-9%2F398f8980-598d-470f-6f33-5986d2e7ae19.mp3","summary":"Jasmine Mund, mechanical design engineer with a key interest in the fusion industry, gives this week’s global Fusion News update. As always, links to the stories mentioned are included below. 1. Record funding for European fusion https://www.neimagazine.com/news/record-funding-for-european-fusion/ 2. The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/the-worlds-largest-privately-owned-laser-just-turned-on/ 3. Thea Energy Raises $100 Million in New Funding to Advance Fusion Technology https://www.powermag.com/thea-energy-raises-100-million-in-new-funding-to-advance-fusion-technology/ 4. Commonwealth Fusion Systems says papers validate its quest to generate power https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/commonwealth-fusion-says-papers-validate-its-quest-generate-power-2026-06-04/ 5. Helion hits $15.5B valuation with $465M in new cash as it aims to commercialize fusion this decade https://www.geekwire.com/2026/helion-hits-15-5b-valuation-with-465m-in-new-cash-to-commercialize-fusion-this-decade/#:~:text=Helion%20Energy%2C%20a%20startup%20racing,now%20valued%20at%20%2415.5%20billion. Bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTH0kJ6dSaE https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/pacific-fusions-latest-prototype-packs-440-gigawatts-into-an-80-nanosecond-burst/ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-fusion-durability-breakthrough-scan https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/iter-magnet-test-facility-begins-operation https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/world-first-floating-fusion-reactor-powered-vessel","meta_description":"Jasmine Mund, mechanical design engineer with a key interest in the fusion industry, gives this week’s global Fusion News update. As always, links to the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":639,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fusion-news-2296831/episodes/record-funding-for-european-fusion-world-s-largest-privately-owned-laser-just-turned-on-thea-energy-raises-100m-in-new-funding/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/record-funding-for-european-fusion-world-s-largest-privately-owned-laser-just-turned-on-thea-energy-raises-100m-in-new-funding.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}