Of Interest archive
2015
2 Nov 2015
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A precious contribution to MIT's proposed tokamak
鈥婱echanical Engineer Jeff Doody from MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) received a "Best Paper Award" on 9 October at鈥
2 Nov 2015
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Plasma heating puzzle comes together
鈥婽he complex puzzle that makes up MAST Upgrade's main plasma heating system is well on the way to completion at the Culham Centre for鈥
29 Oct 2015
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Installation of lower divertor coil box brings Tore Supra closer to ITER
Operation since 1988, the CEA-Euratom tokamak Tore Supra (France) is undergoing a major transformation in order to serve as a test bench鈥
26 Oct 2015
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American Physical Society elects new Fellow
In recognition of his outstanding contributions in physics, Professor Dr Thomas Sunn Pedersen from the Max Planck Institute of Plasma鈥
22 Oct 2015
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A new director for the European Domestic Agency
鈥婽he European Domestic Agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, announced on 21 October that Johannes Schwemmer, from Germany, has been鈥
19 Oct 2015
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Korea celebrates ten years of fusion research at NFRI
Korea's National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI) celebrated its tenth anniversary on 1 October in the presence of distinguished鈥
19 Oct 2015
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Russian TV explores ITER complexity
A 14-minute documentary on ITER aired on Russia's TV Channel 24 on Saturday 17 October. The documentary brings the viewer into the heart鈥
15 Oct 2015
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Princeton Lab honours engineer Neumeyer and physicist Maingi
鈥婸PPL presented its 2015 outstanding research awards to engineer Charles Neumeyer and physicist Rajesh Maingi on 5 October. Neumeyer鈥
12 Oct 2015
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Demonstration of high conductor performance in Japan
鈥婭n a press release issued on 6 October, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) announced the successful testing of the ITER central鈥
12 Oct 2015
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Europe reports on a year of progress for ITER
鈥婽he European Domestic Agency for ITER has published a highlights document that retraces one year of activity and progress. Contract鈥
9 Oct 2015
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"Is nuclear fusion about to change our world?" asks CNN
Imagine a world powered by a cheap, safe, clean, virtually limitless, sustainable fuel source such as water. If fuel and energy are cheap鈥
8 Oct 2015
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China and Korea work together for the future of fusion
The 3rd Joint Coordination Meeting (JCM-3) in fusion R&D and related areas took place between China and Korea in Xi'an, China from 13鈥
5 Oct 2015
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Public gets rare glimpse of General Atomics' giant magnets
鈥婫eneral Atomics (San Diego) opened a facility making the world's largest magnets for rare public tours on 2 October in honour of the鈥
2 Oct 2015
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Russia ships last batch of toroidal field conductor
鈥婳n 28 September, the last lengths of Russian-procured conductor for ITER's toroidal field magnets were loaded onto trailers at the鈥
28 Sep 2015
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In close contact about intellectual property
鈥婳n 17-18 September, the ITER Organization hosted the annual meeting on intellectual property issues that brings together contact persons鈥
21 Sep 2015
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Nuclear fusion could work 鈥 but only if we cough up some money
By Steven Cowley Chief Executive Officer of the UKAEA Head of the EURATOM/CCFE Fusion Association 鈥 This December, world leaders will鈥
2 Sep 2015
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Assembly phase activities progress at ITER satellite
罢鈥媓e Satellite Tokamak Program, JT-60SA, is a major modification of the existing JT-60U tokamak at the Naka Fusion Institute in Japan. Part鈥
2 Sep 2015
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Mega-science projects are the focus of training program in China
鈥婽o encourage the participation of Chinese professionals in international organizations and international mega-science projects such as鈥
2 Sep 2015
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Video record of first European component delivery
The European Domestic Agency has produced a five-minute video on the delivery of its first manufactured components to the ITER site in鈥
31 Aug 2015
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Proyecto Huemul: from fusion fraud to physics fortune
鈥 It was arguably the scientific fraud of the century, but a hugely expensive failed project to create energy from nuclear fusion laid the鈥