<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.3.2">Jekyll</generator><link href="http://nekns.com/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="http://nekns.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-06-15T22:25:38+00:00</updated><id>http://nekns.com/feed.xml</id><title type="html">New England Korean Nuclear Society</title><subtitle>Welcome to New England Korean Nuclear Society website.</subtitle><entry><title type="html">Seminar 3 - Developments and industry trends in nuclear fusion energy</title><link href="http://nekns.com/2026/06/12/seminar.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Seminar 3 - Developments and industry trends in nuclear fusion energy" /><published>2026-06-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>http://nekns.com/2026/06/12/seminar</id><content type="html" xml:base="http://nekns.com/2026/06/12/seminar.html"><![CDATA[<p>The thrid seminar was held at MIT PSFC where Dr. Inwoo Song (Commonwealth Fusion Systems) gave a talk on developments and industry trends in nuclear fusion energy. The seminar was followed by a discussion on key challenges and future directions for fusion technology development in Korea.</p>

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