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The 15th ITER International School will be held in Chengdu, China, from 20–24 July 2026.

The deadline for pre-registration is 6 May 2026. Selected students will be informed on 11 May so that they can complete the registration process. 

This year's ITER International School will explore the physics and engineering of heating and current drive systems for magnetic fusion plasmas. The organizers of the event—the Engineering & Technical College of Chengdu University of Technology and the Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP)—are accepting pre-registration now on the event website. The detailed program is also available. 

Visit the 15th ITER International School website for all information or to pre-register by 6 May.

Download the 2026 International School poster here.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has published a Global Fusion Guide to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) understand how to become a supplier for the growing fusion market.

With more than 68 private fusion companies operating globally and billions of euros expected to flow into fusion development between 2026 and 2035, the guide plans for a future where the demand for industrial systems, components, and specialist services grows substantially. This opens opportunities not only for firms already in the field of energy, but also those in engineering, robotics, advanced materials, superconducting magnets, cryogenics, digital systems, and manufacturing.

The guide, prepared with the support of Fusion Advisory Services, sets out the global fusion technology landscape, explains fusion technologies, highlights where SME capabilities align with sector needs, and provides practical routes into markets across the UK, US, Europe, and Asia. 

The Global Fusion Guide can be downloaded here.

A team of experts from leading European laboratories has produced a report that sets out the most critical physics questions that remain to resolved on the stellarator path to fusion commercialization and lists well-defined and actionable research priorities to help drive the European stellarator program forward. The report is a community-wide assessment, drawing on expertise from EUROfusion’s entire stellarator research program.

“Defining Key Physics Gaps towards a Stellarator Reactor” identifies the most critical scientific uncertainties that must be resolved to enable a stellarator-based fusion power plant. It outlines gaps in areas such as plasma confinement, fast particle behaviour, edge physics, heat exhaust, and plasma–wall interactions. Rather than reviewing current devices, the study prioritizes reactor-relevant challenges and proposes targeted research directions to close them. The outcome is a structured roadmap intended to guide future experimental, theoretical, and modelling efforts needed to make stellarator reactors a viable path to fusion energy.

See the original article on the EUROfusion website or download the report directly.

The European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy (F4E) is calling for fusion technology transfer demonstrator proposals before 31 July 2026. 

Open to European companies and research organizations, the Call for Fusion Technology Transfer Demonstrator Projects aims to support up to two projects that plan to take technology or knowhow developed under Fusion for Energy's activities to the market. Proposals should focus on use cases, market readiness and industrial value. The selected applicants will receive up to EUR 50,000 to help implement their projects. 

The call is open through 31 July 2026. See this webpage for all information.

Over a week of fine weather in April 2026, a drone captured a series of striking views of the ITER project site in southern France. Of the 180 hectares (450 acres) allocated by France to the ITER Organization in 2010, approximately half was cleared for construction; from the air, the installation appears as an island set within a sea of green. Most buildings are concentrated on the 42-hectare (100-acre) scientific platform, where the tallest structure—the Tokamak Building—is surrounded by a dense network of facilities supporting machine operation.

View or download the latest aerial photos on the Image Galleries page of the ITER website.

The European Domestic Agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy (F4E), the logistics group Daher, and the industrial river transport company CFT have received the “Green Shipper” award, recognizing the low-emission transport of ITER’s largest components across southern France’s inland sea Étang de Berre. Presented at the SITL logistics exhibition in Paris, the prize highlights the use of inland waterways as a cleaner alternative to road haulage for some of Europe’s most demanding cargo operations. 

The award concerns the movement of “Highly Exceptional Loads” (HEL)—components weighing hundreds of tonnes, such as vacuum vessel sectors and superconducting coils. These outsized pieces require bespoke trailers, reinforced infrastructure and multi-day, tightly coordinated transport operations. 

After arriving at the Mediterranean port of Fos-sur-Mer, the loads are transferred onto a specially designed barge to cross the inland sea, before continuing along the 104-km ITER itinerary by road to the construction site. A milestone—the 200th HEL shipment—will be passed in April.

See the full story on the Fusion for Energy website.

--Representatives from F4E, Daher, and CFT receiving the "Green Shipper" award from Medlink Ports at SITL Paris.