Of Interest archive
2014
25 Mar 2014
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Puffing hydrogen for self-protection
鈥婻esearchers of the FOM Institute DIFFER have discovered that the wall material of a fusion reactor can shield itself from high鈥
25 Mar 2014
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14 Million Yomiuri readers will hear about ITER
鈥媁ith a combined morning and evening circulation of more than 14 million, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun is number one among the world鈥
25 Mar 2014
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25 years ago: "The scientific fiasco of the century"
鈥婽wenty five years ago, University of Utah scientists announced a discovery that touched off a worldwide sensation. "Basically, we've鈥
24 Mar 2014
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Researchers model spent nuclear fuels
Lawrence Livermore scientists have modeled actinide-based alloys, such as spent nuclear fuel, in an effort to predict the impact of鈥
21 Mar 2014
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Making synthetic diamond crystals in a plasma reactor
鈥婦iamonds are highly sought after as jewelry and as a form of capital investment. They are also prized by the research community, but not鈥
20 Mar 2014
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Indian community celebrates Holi festival
鈥婬oli Hai!! Holi, the Indian festival of colours (also known as the festival of love), is a celebration of the arrival of鈥
14 Mar 2014
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Busy days in China
鈥婦uring a recent visit to China, ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima met with high-level representatives of government and had the鈥
13 Mar 2014
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More than a year in Provence
鈥婭n the Spring issue of InFusion, a publication from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), Mike Walsh, head of the 鈥
11 Mar 2014
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World's largest energy initiative comes to Wollongong
鈥婳ne of the people responsible for the manufacture of the magnet system at the heart of ITER presented a special guest seminar鈥
11 Mar 2014
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What's the Moon Worth?
鈥媁ithout the moon, we probably wouldn't exist. In that sense, the moon's value is infinite -- but what if you wanted to put a dollar鈥
9 Mar 2014
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Dhiraj Bora on fusion
Dhiraj Bora, present Director of the Institute for Plasma Research, Gujarat and former ITER Deputy-Director General, explains what a fusion鈥
9 Mar 2014
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Spitzer: Fusion Vs Fission
鈥媁hen a science-mad artificial intelligence system (voiced by GLaDOS actress Ellen McLain) is installed at NASA, two hapless computer鈥
7 Mar 2014
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Going nuclear鈥攊n a small way
鈥婲ew research has provided a comprehensive overview of new small-scale nuclear reactors, which could be suitable candidates to cope with鈥
7 Mar 2014
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The 17 Countries Generating The Most Nuclear Power
鈥 While the popularity of nuclear power worldwide took a major hit in the aftermath of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Disaster in 2011, it鈥
5 Mar 2014
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Major U.S. Science Agencies Face Flat Prospects
鈥婸resident Barack Obama this morning released a $3.901 trillion budget request to Congress, including proposals for a host of federal鈥
2 Mar 2014
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Physicists start thinking beyond the LHC, consider reviving the SSC
鈥媁ill particle physicists ever have a new toy that will take them to energies beyond those accessible through the Large Hadron Collider?鈥
2 Mar 2014
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WEST Newsletter Feb. issue
In Cadarache, France, the CEA-Euratom tokamak Tore Supra is undergoing a major transformation to be used as a test bench for ITER鈥
27 Feb 2014
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Superconductivity for Energy 2014
鈥婻egistration is open now for the Superconductivity for Energy 2014 conference that will be held in Paestum, Italy on 15-19 May鈥
27 Feb 2014
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News update from US ITER
The February 2014 issue of the US ITER News Update is now available online. The newsletter highlights the recent progress in the ITER鈥
23 Feb 2014
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Our very own telecommunication pylon
鈥婳n a warm sunny afternoon last week, ITER welcomed its very own telecommunication pylon which proudly stands 35 metres high beside the鈥