CFS places a major superconducting tape order for fusion power plant; ITER receives its final vacuum vessel; U.S. Congress bipartisan bill proposes $10B for fusion

Adrian Carrillo, Master's Student at the University of Washington focusing on computational plasma physics, gives today's global Fusion News update. As usual, links to the stories discussed are below.

1. CFS places a major superconducting tape order for ARC

https://cfs.energy/news-and-media/commonwealth-fusion-systems-places-largest-single-/

2. ITER receives its final vacuum vessel sector

https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/news/europes-final-iter-vacuum-vessel-sector-delivered/

3. A bipartisan bill proposes ten billion dollars for fusion

https://trahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3850

4. Daedal raises funding for fusion plasma diagnostics

https://www.daedalsystems.com/funding-announcement

Bonus:

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/30/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-to-accelerate-californias-fusion-industry-announces-major-investment-for-quantum-research/

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2026/openstar-technologies-and-pppl-are-building-partnership-advance-fusion-energy

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2026/novel-path-fusion-ignition-heat-first-then-add-fuel