Recently, the Fusion Industry Association (FIA) sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Granholm, expressing support for increasing funding and prioritizing the commercialization of fusion energy in the upcoming 2025 budget request to be submitted to the U.S. Congress.

Nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy announced on May 10, local time, that it had signed a power purchase agreement with Microsoft to provide it with electricity of 50MW or greater by 2028.

On April 14, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released a statement that it would regulate fusion energy systems based on existing nuclear materials licensing. NRC staff has begun a limited revision to materials licensing regulations (Tritium and other radioactive materials which occur or are used in fusion systems are normally categorized by the NRC as byproduct material).

Identify and accelerate novel technologies for clean energy. The Budget also includes $1 billion for fusion, the largest ever investment in the promise of a clean energy power source.