Of Interest archive
2013
12 Oct 2013
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Why not build a miniature fusion device in your lab?
If you want to study nuclear fusion, why not build a miniature fusion device in your lab? Last week, first fusion reactions were produced鈥
11 Oct 2013
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Japan's stimulus package showers science with cash
Three years ago, the picture for research funding in Japan looked bleak. As part of efforts to slash the national budget by 楼3 trillion (US鈥
10 Oct 2013
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More on the ITER HQ inauguration
A video of the ITER HQ inauguration is availablehere (Source: ITER Organization) The live interview of French Minister鈥
9 Oct 2013
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DG Motojima on Russian TV "Spotlight"
On the occasion of his December visit to Russia, ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima was the guest of Spotlight, the 26-minute daily鈥
8 Oct 2013
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Fusion to propel ships?
A researcher at the Universidad polit茅cnica de Madrid (UPM) has patented a nuclear fusion reactor by inertial confinement that, apart from鈥
7 Oct 2013
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The night Santa Claus came to fusion
Staffers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) had more than the holidays to celebrate this鈥
6 Oct 2013
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PPPL physicists win supercomputing time
Three teams led by scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have won major blocks of鈥
5 Oct 2013
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New study says nuclear will be "major contributor" to Europe's energy mix
Nuclear energy will remain a "prime candidate" as Europe considers its options for the decarbonization of its energy mix, according to a鈥
4 Oct 2013
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Fusion helped by collision science
In ITER, beryllium will enter the plasma because it is one of the constituent materials of the fusion chamber walls. The walls鈥
3 Oct 2013
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Fields Medal Cedric Villani speaks of ITER on French national radio
Fields Medal Cedric Villani, who visited the ITER site on Thursday 20 December, was the guest of national public radio France Inter 鈥
2 Oct 2013
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Susana Reyes receives 2012 Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award
Susana Reyes, a former ITER staff member now working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been selected to receive鈥
1 Oct 2013
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Could fusion clean up nuclear waste?
What if you could help solve the nuclear waste problem and at the same time give fusion research a new raison d'锚tre? A trio of physicists鈥
30 Sep 2013
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1,200 coal plants projected in 59 countries
According to a World Resources Institute study by Ailun Yang and Yiyun Cui, 1,199 new coal-fired plants, with a total installed鈥
29 Sep 2013
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Germany faces multibillion-euro grid bill
The massive expansion of Germany's electricity networks to cope with the country's transition away from nuclear to a high share of鈥
28 Sep 2013
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Swiss TCV Tokamak celebrates 20th birthday
Twenty years ago, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique F茅d茅rale de Lausanne) President B. Vittoz clicked on a virtual button that鈥
27 Sep 2013
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Setting an example
Convinced that the ITER installation is safe, the French government recently granted the fusion project the necessary permission to鈥
26 Sep 2013
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The promise of fusion power
By Matthew Hole, Plasma Research Laboratory, Australian National University In the search for new energy sources, one area with鈥
25 Sep 2013
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Fast and tricky to catch
At the heart of deuterium-tritium fusion is the neutron. Each fusion event produces neutrons with an enormous amount of energy鈥14.1鈥
24 Sep 2013
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All these lights!
All these lights!Scientists unveiled last week an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. A global composite image,鈥
23 Sep 2013
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Gazprom moves on helium demand
Gazprom moves on helium demand MOSCOW. Blimps long ago lost their value as a means of cargo transportation, military reconnaissance, or鈥