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Of Interest archive

2013

31 Dec 2013

Study recounts early, difficult years at Lawrence Livermore

By Jeff Garberson In the mid-1950s, the small, secret weapons laboratory that eventually became Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was…
30 Dec 2013

PPPL-led workshop assesses crucial research for ITER

John Greenwald Leading experts from around the world gathered at the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)…
29 Dec 2013

An airport for JET

​When you take a flight on a jet aircraft you must go through a number of checkpoints in the airport before and after your flight —…
28 Dec 2013

New issue of Fusion in Europe now available

​A new bumper edition of Fusion in Europe is now available for download.   This issue features all the news and pictures from JET's…
27 Dec 2013

From fusion to solar power, DOE funds 809 million core hours at Argonne

​The DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program has awarded 809 million supercomputing core-hours to 13 new projects at…
26 Dec 2013

Improved insight into controlling the plasma in fusion experiments

​A key issue for the development of fusion energy to generate electricity is the ability to confine the superhot, charged plasma gas that…
25 Dec 2013

How does tokamak fusion really sound?

​Get an exclusive sample of the actual tokamak fusion sound here.
24 Dec 2013

The quality stamp for Generation ITER

​A new educational currency in the world of fusion becomes available this month with the launch of European Fusion Masters and Doctorate…
23 Dec 2013

Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT receives the 2013 Hannes Alfvén Prize

Professor Miklos Porkolab, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT and professor in the MIT's Department of Physics,…
22 Dec 2013

South Korea seeks to develop key technologies for fusion energy

The South Korean government reports that it will invest 151.6 billion won (EUR 103 million) in R&D for nuclear fusion this…
21 Dec 2013

Tensions laid bare as Desertec exits industrial solar consortium

A €400bn plan to power Europe using solar panels in North African deserts has been thrown into disarray after the non-profit foundation…
20 Dec 2013

Nuclear energy innovation is vital for slowing climate change

In the last week, two news stories really captured the potential future for nuclear energy.  In The New York Times, Matthew Wald…
19 Dec 2013

Fusion energy: the 'great gamble' we have to take

Billions have already been spent on fusion since the first experimental base opened in the former Soviet Union in the 1960s. Billions more…
18 Dec 2013

'Nuclear pasta' in neutron stars may be new type of matter

A rare state of matter dubbed "nuclear pasta" appears to exist only inside ultra-dense objects called neutron stars, astronomers…
17 Dec 2013

Fighting climate change with nuclear energy

In the last week, two news stories really captured the potential future for nuclear energy. The New York Times' Matthew Wald reported from…
16 Dec 2013

Modelling of hybrid scenario: from present-day experiments towards ITER

The 'hybrid' scenario is an attractive operating scenario for ITER since it combines long plasma duration with the reliability of the…
15 Dec 2013

Status of MIT fusion experiment warms up

US Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) on 14 June to learn about fusion research at…
14 Dec 2013

Dying Herschel maps the fuel for new stars

Something of a sad moment for infrared astronomy has come with the death of the European Space Agency's powerful space telescope Herschel. …
13 Dec 2013

Super solar storm could leave Western nations without power "for months"

A power outage could leave Western nations without electricity for months in the event of a strong geomagnetic storm, a new report claims,…
12 Dec 2013

Have fusion, will travel

They seek one day to harness the same energy that powers the stars and thus to open the door to deep space exploration. Among the first…