Of Interest archive
2024
17 Dec 2024
Latest ITER photobook
The ITER Organization has just released a 200-page photobook that covers progress in construction, manufacturing and assembly between 2013…
16 Dec 2024
360° virtual tour updated
The 360° virtual tour of ITER construction has been updated with drone footage from October 2024. Discover the principal buildings of the…
12 Dec 2024
Fusion workforce report, 2024
The Fusion Industry Association has released The Fusion Workforce: Where it’s heading and how to prepare. It provides a roadmap for…
2 Dec 2024
New campaign underway at KSTAR
The team operating the Korean tokamak KSTAR has announced it is running a new campaign of experiments focused on developing high…
19 Nov 2024
AI, high-performance computing and fusion: a report
A new report from the non-profit environmental organization Clean Air Task Force (CATF) explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and high…
19 Nov 2024
How divertor testing at WEST helps ITER
A new video explores how the WEST tokamak, run and operated by the Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research (IRFM) at the French…
15 Nov 2024
Falling Walls: recording available
At the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin (7-9 November 2024), global experts gathered to discuss how innovation intersects with…
12 Nov 2024
New aerial photos
Fourteen years after the start of ITER project construction, the buildings of the scientific installation are nearly complete—except for…
12 Nov 2024
New drone video
At least once a year, the ITER worksite is surveyed by drone from every possible angle—from the widest frame (a kilometre above the…
6 Nov 2024
New IAEA publication: Fusion Key Elements
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has just published Fusion Key Elements, a document that aims to build a common…
6 Nov 2024
New IAEA publication: World Fusion Outlook 2024
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been promoting fusion energy research and development for over 60 years, and it continues…
25 Oct 2024
DIII-D tokamak passes 200,000 shots
The DIII-D tokamak team at General Atomics (San Diego, US) is celebrating a milestone this month—achieving, and passing, the 200,000th…
14 Oct 2024
Barge crossing for sector 5
Arriving at the French port of Fos-sur-Mer from Monfalcone, Italy, was only the first stage of transport for vacuum vessel sector 5. Next,…
14 Oct 2024
Coming soon: new ITER website
This month, ITER will be launching a new version of its public website. The change was compelled for technical reasons, including the need…
14 Oct 2024
JT-60SA is the world's largest tokamak
The JT-60SA experiment has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest tokamak, as measured in terms of…
7 Oct 2024
16 receive EUROfusion "Bernard Bigot" research grants
EUROfusion “Bernard Bigot” Researcher Grants (ERG) are awarded annually to promising fusion researchers at the post-doctoral stage of their…
7 Oct 2024
FuseNet Student Event 2024
On 21 November 2024, the European Fusion Education Network FuseNet will organize the FuseNet Student Event. All Bachelor and…
7 Oct 2024
China confers "Friendship Award" on Pietro Barabaschi
Late September, ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi is honoured with the 2024 Chinese Government Friendship Award in a ceremony in…
30 Sep 2024
New results from JET bode well for ITER and fusion reactors
New results from the JET tokamak offer positive news for tokamak reactor designs based on deuterium-tritium fuel, according to…
25 Sep 2024
“An important moment for humanity”
Speaking at a round table on the green energy transition at the Forum Aix-Marseille economic conference, head of the ITER Science &…