ARPA-E Announces Record Fusion Investment; Realta Fusion Secures HTS Magnet Supply

Abdus Shaik, PhD student at Imperial College, London, gives this week's Fusion News update - summarizing behind the headlines of recent fusion energy news articles. Links to the stories discussed are included below.

1. ARPA-E Announces Record $135M Investment in Fusion Energy

https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/arpa-e-announces-record-135m-investment-in-fusion-energy/

2. The Genesis Mission: How AI Supercomputing Is About to Reshape American Science and Energy

https://www.powermag.com/the-genesis-mission-how-ai-supercomputing-is-about-to-reshape-american-science-and-energy/

3. Realta Fusion secures HTS magnet supply

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-04-06/article-7910/realta-fusion-secures-hts-magnet-supply/

4. How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/how-nuclear-batteries-could-speed-the-race-to-fusion-power/

5. World’s First Fully HTS Tokamak Sets Fusion Duration Record in Shanghai

https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/worlds-first-fully-hts-tokamak-in-shanghai-holds-steady-operations-for-1337-seconds

6. The materials that make fusion possible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgHB0NLfj4c