ORNL, Kyoto Fusioneering to develop Tenn. fusion testing facility

January 30, 2026, 10:39AMNuclear News
Kyoto Fusioneering’s UNITY-1 blanket and thermal cycle test facility in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo: Kyoto Fusioneering)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced a partnership with Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering to develop technology for speeding the deployment of commercial fusion energy through the creation of a breeding blanket test facility. The lab said that the partnership will “leverage ORNL’s expertise in supercomputing, advanced manufacturing, materials science, and fusion research, and complement KF’s UNITY test facilities.”