Nuclear fusion

AI-driven electricity demand powering hybrid financing for advanced nuclear startups

A*Star and CFS will also work on potential applications for the aerospace industry and other advanced engineering sectors.

Singapore to be ‘early entrant’ in nuclear fusion supply chain with A*Star, US startup deal

While commercial reactors have run on nuclear fission for decades, there has been growing interest in commercialising nuclear fusion.

Why investors are betting on nuclear fusion even as it remains elusive

China has recently stepped up its ambitions in achieving nuclear fusion, a process by which the sun and other stars generate energy.

China may be ready to use nuclear fusion for power by 2050

Nuclear fusion research hit a key milestone in 2022, when scientists were able to generate net energy for the first time, but the technology remains far from commercial viability.

Nuclear startup Fuse valued at more than US$200 million in new funding

The agreement is expected to come into force by the end of this year after a review by the US Congress

Singapore inks 30-year nuclear deal with the US to study advanced reactors

US scientists achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time in July 2023, producing a higher yield than its initial fusion ignition breakthrough seven months prior at the National Ignition Facility in California.
THINKING ALOUD

Gearing up for Singapore’s nuclear option

The region has a complicated history with nuclear power, and there are reasons for both optimism and caution.
BRUNCH

Nuclear power debate heats up in South-east Asia

The cooling towers and reactors of a nuclear power plant in France. While older versions of conventional nuclear reactors are unfeasible in Singapore, small modular reactors and Generation IV thermal reactors "could potentially suit our needs", Dr Tan says.

Singapore aims to train 100 nuclear safety experts; no decision yet on nuclear energy deployment: Tan See Leng

Funding and reaction efficiency are among the most important challenges identified by the fusion industry.
ESG INSIGHTS

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