To move fusion commercialisation to success, some possible hurdles need to be tackled. Consider this:

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NASA announces plan for space nuclear propulsion by 2028

First nuclear-powered rocket: NASA's announced plans include launching Space Reactor-1 Freedom, a nuclear electric propulsion rocket, to Mars in December 2028.
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Graffiti of a mushroom cloud.

If you are interested in the radioactive legacy of atmospheric nuclear testing this is for you.

This project has just started and is very promising.

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First Light Fusion | News & Media | First Light Fusion validates high tritium breeding performance of FLARE concept, addressing key barrier to fusion energy scale-up First Light Fusion’s hub for news and media insights, blogs and academic external publications.

First Light Fusion announces a conceptual breakthrough with the potential to generate a net tritium surplus-per-plant of 25 kg annually, more than the world’s current civilian inventory.
This addresses a key barrier to fusion energy scale-up.

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Which radioisotopes still remain and where have the 528 atmospheric nuclear tests been conducted? Peace Science Collaboration has put data together and funneled them through Python to put them on a map. Ready to support science and disarmament diplomacy.

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Helion is the first private fusion energy startup to use deuterium-tritium fuel. Their 7th generation Polaris prototype set new fusion industry benchmark becoming the first privately developed fusion energy machine to demonstrate deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion.
www.helionenergy.com/articles/hel...

Tritium production is a key bottleneck for making nuclear fusion power generation a reality. Here is important progress under preparation:
“Moving breeding blanket technology from theory to real-world application is crucial in realizing a path to fusion energy“
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Great to see that my book on "International Control of Tritium for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament" is gaining fresh interest again. The topic discussed in this blog post is just one example for this renewed interest.
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UN Jib Trends: From Expansion to Transformation. This is the title of a blog post to which this post is linking.

What does it mean for job seekers that the UN is currently facing challenges? What are future trends in human resources at international organisations?
After strong expansion of UN’s workforce and its subsequent stabilisation, a new phase is evolving.
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We proudly present that the homepage of Peace Science Collaboration went live. Welcome to explore peacescience.net

African Atomic Policy Lab (AAPL) The African Atomic Policy Lab (AAPL) is a 7-month comprehensive virtual program designed to develop the next generation of African nuclear policy experts and amplify African leadership in global nu…

Call for Application: African Atomic Policy Lab (AAPL), a 7-month program for the next generation of African nuclear policy experts and leadership in global policy debates. Organized by ISYP Africa Project. Apply by 20 January: isyp.org/african-atom...
Our support: peacescience.net/2026/01/05/c...

Year in research 2025 Explore a personalised summary of your research's reach and impact in 2025 and share highlights with friends and colleagues.

Excited to share my research highlights for 2025! The PAGEOPH Topical Issue on Nuclear Explosion Monitoring and Verification (doi.org/10.1007/s000...) has most of my papers. Check out the personalised summary of my Springer Nature publications & impact in 2025: yir.sn.pub/26Agis #SNAuthors #YiR2025

Hague Appeal for Future Generations:
Action now to secure Peace and protect the Future
The Hague and New York: United Nations Day, October 24, 2025

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US’s 20-point peace plan:

1. Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours.

2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.

Read the full plan here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_....

Presentations of Peace Science Collaboration at #SnT2025, part II.

Presentations of Peace Science Collaboration at #SnT2025, part I.

The work I am presenting at #SnT2025 builds on a unique database of high quality #tadioxenon stack emissions from PNNL‘s STAX project. Highlights of new findings are covered by one oral and two poster presentations including a solution to a big question that was open for 20 years.
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Peace Science Collaboration is delighted to announce common presentations next week at the #SnT2025 Conference of the @ctbto.bsky.social in Vienna.
You can still register and participate virtually in case you cannot make it to the Hofburg in Vienna, Austria.
🌐 Info.: ctbto.info/SnT2025

It was a great pleasure for me to give a talk at the first online edition of the NewComers4Nuclear (NC4N) Summer School 2025, co-organised with WiN Global and Women in Nuclear Innovation (WiNI) Group of Expertise.
The full program can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1dkbs...

Syria permits the IAEA to visit the Deir al-Zor site and conduct inspections that should bring this matter to a clear and final conclusion. Report by Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
The background story reported in 2009 is here: www.armscontrol.org/act/2009-12/...

How to produce tritium, the fuel required to start up fusion reactors? Terence Tarnowsky, a physicist at Los Almos National Laboratory (LANL), proposes to us a reactor design driven by a particle accelerator to produce tritium from nuclear waste.
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An Iranian delegation travelled to Russia last year to visit institutes producing dual-use technologies, including electron accelerators and klystrons and radioactive isotopes such as tritium.

www.iranintl.com/en/202508057...

Transforming the base metal lead into the precious metal gold was a dream of medieval alchemists. | Martin B. Kalinowski Transforming the base metal lead into the precious metal gold was a dream of medieval alchemists.  On 8 May 2025, CERN reported that scientists have converted lead into Gold. In a paper published in P...

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This was the largest earthquake since the Tōhoku Earthquake, near the coast of Japan with Magnitude: 9.1 on March 11, 2011. Events >8.7 occur roughly once per decade.

a woman is talking to a man and asking him if he agrees . ALT: a woman is talking to a man and asking him if he agrees .

So you agree? We shouldn’t restart explosive nuclear testing? Brandon Williams, nominee to lead the National Nuclear Security Administration, said he would not advise new explosive testing and we should “rely on the scientific information.”

Learn more↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/s...

New podcast alert! 🎧
We’re excited to share a powerful limited series from UNODA & UNODA Vienna & UN Youth 4 Disarmament 🇺🇳. In moving conversations, youth leaders speak with survivors of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki nuclear bombings.🎙️ Listen here on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7DnwBfC...
#NuclearBan

🗣️Happening tomorrow, don't miss out on this webinar with young nuclear disarmament advocates and Gorbachev-Schultz Youth Award Winners.
Why Attend?
➡️ Discover how young changemakers are shaping a safer world. ➡️ Learn how you can join the movement.
Register: charterforcompassion.org/news-events/...

Trump administration's first threat assessment flips threat order and begins with nonstate criminals/terrorists before state actors. Last year's assessment began with states.

China "probably" fielding DF-27. Nothing new on Russia. Iran not building nukes. www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/ope...

How Do 'Future Climate Scenarios' Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy?  A deeper look at why emissions scenarios are essential for understanding climate change impacts and mitigation strategies.

“As we navigate the challenges of climate change, [future climate] scenarios remind us that the future remains open—and that our collective actions today will determine the climate reality we pass on to future generations.” Learn more in UCS's Delta Merner's blog:

A new nuke wave washes over the world Nuke aspirants need heaps of time, money and willpower — resources in demand everywhere else.

More Nukes is bad news.
#NoNukes #NukeSky

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