
Michel Claessens
@m_claessens
Scientist or journalist • Former ITER spokesperson • Author "ITER, The Giant Fusion Reactor" (2023) bit.ly/4709vWe • Dad x6; husband x1 • #SciComm #ITER
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Star Engineers The World’s Most Complex Machine, ITER’s Fusion Reactor, is Pushing 4D Visualization to the Next Level #ITER #fusionenergy Construction & Property News construction-property.com/star-engineers…




Assembly starts of the SPARC fusion machine, as ITER cryopumps completed. Commonwealth Fusion Systems expects to deliver power to the grid in the early 2030s #fusionenergy world-nuclear-news.org/articles/assem…

Europe will soon propose a comprehensive fusion strategy, including the creation of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to accelerate commercialisation #fusionenergy #ITER EUROfusion energy.ec.europa.eu/news/focus-eur…



Trade war jeopardizes China's #fusion energy drive. “It is important to wake up to the fact that a real geopolitical race is underway, not just about technology. It’s the moment to increase collaboration” Tone Langengen Jeff Pao #ITER asiatimes.com/2025/04/trade-… via Asia Times


A team of TAE Technologies claims to have solved problems with field-reversed configuration, which may eventually allow for a working fusion reactor producing 100 times as much power as other reactors, such as tokamaks #fusionenergy Nature Communications phys.org/news/2025-04-m… via Phys.org

China announces the first phase of the world's first fusion-fission hybrid power plant. The $2.76 billion high-temperature superconducting Xinghuo reactor project aims for an energy gain factor (Q value) of more than 30 #fusionenergy yahoo.com/news/officials… via Yahoo News


📢Pᴜʙʟɪᴄ Uɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏғ Sᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ 𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 blog: Michel Claessens, former head of communication for the #ITER project speaks on his experience as a whistle-blower, expressing concerns over "hype, #research integrity and the merging of #sciencecommunication and marketing..." sagepus.blogspot.com/2025/04/when-s…


“Basically, what everybody expects is when we build the next machine, we expect it to be a net-energy machine" #fusionenergy Commonwealth Fusion Systems Fusion Industry Association CNN cnn.com/2025/05/06/cli…

"From science communication to systemic public deception: The case of the ITER big science project," by Michel Claessens Open-access at Public Understanding of Science for the next six months: doi.org/10.1177/096366….



“We don’t have a solution that can be scaled to produce the required quantities of fuel for a future fleet of fusion power plants.” #fusionenergy #ITER Jeremy Hsu (@jeremyhsu.bsky.social) New Scientist newscientist.com/article/248311…

European Commission launches Call for Evidence to support first-ever EU-wide Fusion Strategy #fusionenergy European Commission energy.ec.europa.eu/news/commissio…

