Fusion Energy Programs, Labs & Companies

Compact high-field tokamak research (DOE legacy facility at MIT PSFC)

Materials, neutronics, and tritium science supporting US fusion programs

Medium-size tokamak studying ITER-relevant physics at Max Planck IPP

Basic plasma science and stellarator-relevant experiments

Plasma physics, fusion diagnostics, and Australia's ITER contribution

Compact electrostatic-magnetic confinement micro-fusion (Orbitron)

Superconducting magnet R&D, materials, and accelerator-fusion crossover

Open magnetic systems (mirrors, GDT) and accelerator physics

Laboratory astrophysics and basic plasma science

Tritium science and fuel cycle technology

French magnetic fusion program; WEST tokamak; ITER host site

Plasma wakefield acceleration and superconducting magnet technology

Spain's national fusion lab; TJ-II stellarator; IFMIF-DONES host

French national plasma research network

Levitated dipole, stellarator theory, and basic plasma experiments

Compact high-field REBCO tokamak (SPARC → ARC)

UK's national fusion lab; JET, MAST-U, and STEP program

Plasma theory and astrophysics with fusion-relevant crossover

Space plasma physics, basic plasma science, fusion-relevant theory

Plasma-wall interactions and solar fuels

DOE's largest US magnetic fusion user facility, operated by General Atomics

Italian fusion program; DTT divertor tokamak

TCV tokamak and stellarator/basic plasma research

European coordination of magnetic confinement fusion research

Projectile-driven inertial fusion (no laser, no magnetic confinement)

Plasma-wall interaction, divertor science, and ITER first-wall research

EU's domestic agency procuring Europe's ITER contributions

Operator of DIII-D; ITER central solenoid; fusion engineering supplier

Magnetized target fusion (MTF) with mechanical piston compression

Fusion engineering, blanket design, and tritium fuel cycle

Fusion-driven space propulsion using magneto-inertial plasma jets

Pulsed magneto-inertial D-³He fusion with direct electricity recovery

Materials irradiation, tritium science, and fusion fuel cycle

Inertial confinement, Z-pinch, and laboratory astrophysics

India's national fusion program; SST-1 and ADITYA tokamaks

JT-60SA superconducting tokamak; Broader Approach with EU

Fusion technology, gyrotrons, tritium handling, blanket engineering

KSTAR superconducting tokamak; Korea's K-DEMO program

Birthplace of the tokamak; T-15MD; Russian fusion program

Fusion plant engineering: gyrotrons, blankets, tritium fuel cycle

Heliotron stellarator research; Heliotron J

Accelerator physics, ion sources, and HED science

National Ignition Facility (NIF); inertial confinement fusion

Pulsed power, plasma theory, tritium handling, ICF target design

Operator of ASDEX Upgrade and Wendelstein 7-X

Basic plasma physics, plasma diagnostics, and fusion theory

Fusion research and HTS magnet science; birthplace of CFS

Plasma physics theory, MRX-style reconnection experiments

Large Helical Device (LHD) — world's largest stellarator-class device for many years

Grid integration, hydrogen, and power systems studies for future fusion plants

High-energy-density physics, pulsed power, KrF laser ICF

US ITER project office; materials, blankets, neutron sources

Materials science, radiation chemistry, and fusion fuel cycle

Materials irradiation, neutron science, fusion materials qualification

Plasma propulsion, low-temperature plasma, fusion-relevant diagnostics

US DOE flagship fusion lab; NSTX-U; private partnership programs

Academic plasma physics graduate program co-located with PPPL

HTS optimized stellarator (Stellaris) building on Wendelstein 7-X physics

Japan's main fusion research institute; JT-60SA

Reversed-field pinch research (RFX-mod2) and PRIMA neutral beam test facility

Z-machine pulsed-power fusion; MagLIF; pulsed-power technology

Tokamak physics, KSTAR collaborations, plasma diagnostics

X-ray free electron laser (LCLS) diagnostics for HED/ICF; ultrafast plasma physics

Plasma physics, accelerator-driven neutron sources, fusion-relevant materials

HL-2A/HL-3 tokamaks; China's southern fusion research center

High-energy-density physics and laser-plasma interactions

Aneutronic p-B11 fusion via field-reversed configuration (FRC)

Compact spherical tokamaks with HTS magnets

Plasma physics theory, advanced tokamak scenarios, ITER physics

Optimized stellarator using HTS magnets

Plasma theory; turbulence; gyrokinetic simulation

Academic fusion research and engineering

Basic plasma physics, ion sources, fusion theory

Microwave diagnostics, gyrotron development, plasma turbulence

DIII-D academic partner; plasma theory and edge physics

Basic plasma science (LAPD), turbulence, fusion materials

UK fusion R&D umbrella; STEP prototype power plant program

Z-pinch and FRC research; HIT-SI, ZaP experiments; Zap Energy roots

HSX stellarator; Madison Symmetric Torus; Realta Fusion academic roots

World's largest optimized stellarator (operated by Max Planck IPP)

Inertial fusion energy using a low-cost excimer laser driver

Sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion