Of Interest archive
2015
20 Feb 2015
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EAST auxiliary heating system passes review
Operators at EAST, the Chinese superconducting tokamak, announced in the February issue of the EAST Newsletter that the鈥
20 Feb 2015
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European fusion and fission education networks enter cooperation
On 3 February 2015, FuseNet (the European Fusion Education Network) and ENEN (the European Nuclear Education Network) signed鈥
16 Feb 2015
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Our own familiar fusion furnace
鈥婩ebruary 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which provides incredibly detailed images of the鈥
13 Feb 2015
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IBF/15: Doing business with ITER
鈥婽he ITER Business Forum 2015 (IBF/15) will take place in Marseille, France from 25 to 27 March 2015.Already, close to 400 participants鈥
13 Feb 2015
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ITER featured at conference in Zvenigorod, Russia
鈥婽he 42nd International Zvenigorod Conference for plasma physics and thermonuclear fusion was held on 9-13 February, near Moscow, Russia鈥
11 Feb 2015
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Inspiring the ITER generation - Culham's Fusion Workshop
The following was posted recently on "Tokamak Tales," a blog run by fusion engineers and physicists at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy鈥
11 Feb 2015
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How viable is nuclear fusion as an energy source?
Professor Steve Cowley, director of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, and Dr Michael Dittmar, a researcher with the Institute of鈥
9 Feb 2015
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Could bubbles lead to fusion?
鈥婲uclear fusion is the dream of energy scientists the world over, because it promises limitless, clean electricity. Most efforts to鈥
4 Feb 2015
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"Now I can believe that ITER will be successful"
鈥婳n an icy and sunny morning, a delegation of engineers, designers and design office coordinators from the seven Domestic Agencies went鈥
4 Feb 2015
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WEST Newsletter #8 available
鈥婽he Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research, ITER's neighbour in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, has published issue #8 of the WEST 鈥
30 Jan 2015
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New year, new upgrades for JET tokamak
The JET machine area is a hive of activity as the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) prepares the facility on behalf of EUROfusion for鈥
30 Jan 2015
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Reminder: ITER Business Forum in March
The ITER Business Forum 2015 (IBF/15) will take place in Marseille, France from 25 to 27 March 2015. Already, 256 participants from 135鈥
28 Jan 2015
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EUROfusion actors meet in Switzerland
The JET and Medium-Size Tokamaks General Planning Meeting was held in January in Lausanne at the Olympic Museum. The conference was a鈥
23 Jan 2015
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UK Minister sees an exciting future for Culham
鈥婫reg Clark MP, UK Minister of State for Universities, Science & Cities, visited JET on Friday 23 January to find out how researchers鈥
19 Jan 2015
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Panel ensures safe operation of NSTX Upgrade
Like a new passenger jet or power plant, the National Spherical Torus Upgrade (NSTX-U) must be certified safe to operate. At the US鈥
12 Jan 2015
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Recipe for success at the MAST tokamak
鈥婽ake one stainless steel tokamak component, bake in the oven for seven hours at 980 degrees C till it's just right...et voil脿 鈥 it's ready鈥
9 Jan 2015
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Register now for the ITER Business Forum 2015 in Marseille
鈥 The ITER Business Forum 2015 (IBF/15) will take place in Marseille, France, from 25 to 27 March 2015 with the participation and support鈥
5 Jan 2015
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Collaboration with the Host Organization CEA
鈥婼ince the early days of project implementation in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France, ITER's closest neighbour and host鈥攖he French 鈥
5 Jan 2015
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Korea awards contract for vacuum vessel gravity supports
鈥婽he Korean Domestic Agency signed an important contract with Korean supplier Wonil Corp. for the ITER vacuum vessel gravity supports on 11鈥
5 Jan 2015
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Now on show: the ITER absolute valve
Visitors coming to the ITER site will from now on have one more attraction to discover: The mock-up of an ITER absolute valve seal and test鈥