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If you are a European company or organization with fusion technology or fusion know-how that is used or planned for use in a non-fusion application, you can apply by 5 December 2025 for Fusion for Energy's 2025 Fusion Technology Transfer Award.

Europe’s contribution to ITER and other fusion projects such as JT-60SA, IFMIF/EVEDA, IFERC, IFMIF-DONES, and DEMO is pushing suppliers to develop cutting-edge technologies. These range from robotic tools to engineering software, superconductors or novel metal joining techniques. Besides their value in a fusion environment, these solutions can find their place in other high-tech sectors. Fusion for Energy’s Technology Transfer Programme helps companies and researchers think broader and tap into the commercial potential of fusion breakthroughs; discover some of the success stories here.

The prize (EUR 10,000) will be awarded during the first quarter of 2026. 

See all information on the 2025 Fusion Technology Transfer Award website.

The journal Nuclear Fusion has published a collection of papers prepared by the Topical Physics Groups of the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) reviewing progress in the development of the physics basis for burning plasma operation.

The special issue describes the extensive physics R&D activities for ITER and fusion energy development carried out under the ITPA between 2007 and 2025. It covers a wide range of physics issues—from plasma confinement and fast particles, to plasma control (including power fluxes on plasma-facing components and the mitigation of power transients) and diagnostics.

The 2025 special issue includes topics of relevance to ITER, as well as to tokamak burning plasmas more generally.

Click to access “On the Path to Tokamak Burning Plasma Operation.”

A picture of the ITER tokamak pit has made the cover of the November issue of National Geographic. Inside the 30-page feature story titled "Inside the long-shot megaproject that aims to solve our energy worries forever," author Michael Finkel explains how ITER will attempt to tame "a soupy jumble of atomic parts known as plasma" and create a "mechanical star" on Earth.

He vividly describes the challenges of mastering fusion energy, relates something of ITER's bumpy road to existence, and—dressed in a white lab coat, a hairnet, a hard hat, protective eyewear, and white gloves—marvels at the attempt to build a machine that he describes as almost absurdly difficult. He also lifts the veil on what it's like to be at the head of such a complex endeavour by trailing ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi, including during a 6:00 a.m. meeting that is at the start of every workday.

You can access an online version of the article on the National Geographic website. (Photography by Paolo Verzone.) A German version is available here.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publishes the annual World Fusion Outlook as a reference for authoritative information and updates on fusion energy research. The 2025 edition presents a selection of recent achievements in fusion energy, outlines some of the dozens of fusion plant concepts currently at various stages of development worldwide, highlights global efforts in fusion energy development and discusses for the first time the global outlook for fusion energy deployment. As a special focus topic, this edition of the publication explores high-temperature superconductors and their potential role in the commercialization of fusion energy.

Read or download the full report at this address.

The publication is also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.