Of Interest archive
2015
12 Jun 2015
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Supercomputer, and researchers, pair up to shed light on material interactions
​As part of a Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) project, a partnership between the US Department of Energy's…
12 Jun 2015
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ITER Director-General speaks out
Ten years ago this month, a group of industrial nations agreed on the location for the world's largest nuclear-fusion experiment: ITER, the…
8 Jun 2015
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"Plasmoids" could simplify the design of future tokamaks
​Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have for the first time simulated the formation of…
8 Jun 2015
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Job fair proposes 350 local jobs
​Facilitating the encounter between job opportunities and local jobseekers was the objective of the third "L'Energie pour l'Emploi" (Energy…
8 Jun 2015
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Like a beast, with its horns...
​Before it can become operational, the main body of an electrical transformer must be equipped with several additional elements such as oil…
1 Jun 2015
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MAST-Upgrade fusion device advances ahead of schedule
​Another key step in the building of the MAST-Upgrade fusion device was taken last week with the joining of the first two main segments of…
31 May 2015
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Chinese ambassador tours site
​On Wednesday 27 May, ITER received the Chinese ambassador to France, Mr Zhai Jun, who visited the project with a delegation of 12 as…
30 May 2015
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US participation in Wendelstein 7-X stellarator renewed
The Wendelstein 7-X fusion project at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald, Germany is slated to begin operation…
29 May 2015
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A three-day training session for DAHER partners
​Since February 2012, and the signature of a major framework contract with the ITER Organization, the group DAHER is the Logistics Service…
26 May 2015
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KIT International School on Fusion Technologies
​Applications are now open for the 2015 edition of the International School on Fusion Technologies that will be held at the Karlsruhe…
25 May 2015
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Tiny grains of lithium to improve fusion plasmas
​By Raphael Rosen Scientists from General Atomics and the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have…
20 May 2015
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Director-General Bigot presents Action Plan to citizen's watchdog group
​The ITER Commission locale d'information (the citizen watchdog group that monitors ITER activities in accordance with the French 2006…
15 May 2015
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Grant awarded to Princeton physicist for work on plasma impurities
Physicist Luis Delgado-Aparicio, of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has won a highly…
15 May 2015
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Applications open for doctoral program APPLAuSE
Applications for the 3rd edition of the doctoral program in plasma science and engineering APPLAuSE (Portugal) are now open for…
15 May 2015
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​Transformers loaded for delivery
Three high voltage transformers for ITER's steady state electrical system have been loaded onto transport trailers in the Mediterranean…
7 May 2015
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New head of 'Conseil »åé±è²¹°ù³Ù±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ùal' reaffirms committment
​The Conseil général, the executive body of the French »åé±è²¹°ù³Ù±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù²õ recently had their name changes to Conseil »åé±è²¹°ù³Ù±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ùal. In Bouches-du…
4 May 2015
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The ITER site from a drone's point of view
​View this spectacular video of the ITER site seen from a drone's point of view. (Produced in April by the European Domestic Agency.)
27 Apr 2015
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Construction: what to expect in 2015?
​In this new video the European agency for ITER Fusion for Energy recaps the main progress achieved in ITER construction in 2014 and…
27 Apr 2015
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What's new at WEST?
​The April issue of the WEST Newsletter (09) can be downloaded here.The 2nd WEST Governing Board took place on March 5, 2015. WEST…
27 Apr 2015
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Engineering professor undertakes innovative research in reactor design
​ Anne White has always relished challenges. As an undergraduate, she was fascinated by fluid dynamics, and the prospect of nuclear fusion…