Of Interest archive
2014
6 May 2014
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Pushing negative ion beam technology to the extreme
鈥婽he newly commissioned ELISE test facility has begun operation at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Science (IPP) in Garching, Germany鈥
6 May 2014
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Wendelstein 7-X ready to switch on
鈥婳n 20 May, the world will witness a welcome staging post in the quest to develop nuclear fusion, when Germany's Max Planck Institute for鈥
6 May 2014
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From ITER back to Europe
鈥婽he European Commission has appointed Maria de Aires Soares as the Head of its Representation in Portugal. She will take up office on 16鈥
5 May 2014
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Sun's fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth
鈥婽HE sun has thrown us a fractal surprise. An unexpected pattern has been glimpsed in the solar wind, the turbulent plasma of charged鈥
29 Apr 2014
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Top Ten Reasons for ITER
鈥婣s climate change becomes a serious national security threat, we must look to the future for a clean, safe and sustainable source of鈥
29 Apr 2014
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Could Knots Unravel Mysteries of Fluid Flow?
Spaghetti-thin shoelaces, sturdy hawsers, silk cravats 鈥 all are routinely tied in knots. So too, physicists believe, are water, air and鈥
29 Apr 2014
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Tony Donn茅 appointed EUROfusion programme manager
On April 23 the General Assembly of European Fusion Research Units appointed Tony Donn茅 as Programme Manager for the consortium EUROfusion,鈥
25 Apr 2014
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JET to shoot for nuclear fusion record
鈥 The JET experiment in Oxfordshire was opened in 1984 to understand fusion - the process that powers the Sun. Prof Steve Cowley told the鈥
24 Apr 2014
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Calming Plasma's Stormy Seas
鈥婩or decades, controlled nuclear fusion has held the promise of a safe, clean, sustainable energy source that could help wean the world鈥
18 Apr 2014
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7th ITER International School
The 7th ITER International School will be held on 25-29 August 2014 at ITER on the first day and downtown Aix-en-Provence鈥
17 Apr 2014
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A short guide to fusion energy
鈥嬧婭n theory, it's possible to shoot some energy at hydrogen and get even more energy back. The process is called thermonuclear fusion, and鈥
9 Apr 2014
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"We may have a tale to tell our grandchildren"
On this day in 1984, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II鈥嬧 offically inaugurated the JET installation at Culham Center for Fusion鈥
9 Apr 2014
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Applications open for F4E summer internships
鈥婭nterested in a career in fusion? Want to gain practical experience in a European working environment? The European Domestic Agency鈥
9 Apr 2014
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German Physical Society announces "The Physics of ITER"
鈥婩rom 22-26 September, a Physics School will be organized by the Germany Physical Society DPG at the Physikzentrum in Bad Honnef, Germany鈥
6 Apr 2014
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How a new star will be born
鈥婽he ITER project is truly at the frontier of knowledge, a collective effort to explore the tantalizing future of free, clean and鈥
2 Apr 2014
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Agence Iter France director to co-preside Eurofusion
鈥婦irector of Agence Iter France, former director of JET (2000-2006) and former head of the European Fusion Development Agreement EFDA (2006鈥
2 Apr 2014
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Questions and answers with Stephen Dean and Daniel Clery
鈥婽wo recently published books describe the history of nuclear fusion research. Search for the Ultimate Energy Source: A history of the US鈥
29 Mar 2014
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ITER site works popular on YouTube
鈥婽he European Domestic Agency, with responsibility for the construction of the 39 buildings of the ITER installation, launched its first鈥
29 Mar 2014
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ITER at the Cit茅 des Sciences in Paris
鈥婣n exposition on ITER is running from now until 8 June at the Cit茅 des Sciences (Parc de la Villette, Paris). Combining different media鈥
27 Mar 2014
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ITER represented at NewGen future energy forum in Moscow
鈥婽he ITER Project is present at this week's NewGen鈥擣uture Energy forum in Moscow, where industry and political actors from Russia and鈥