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Of Interest archive

2014

25 Mar 2014

Puffing hydrogen for self-protection

​Researchers of the FOM Institute DIFFER have discovered that the wall material of a fusion reactor can shield itself from high…
25 Mar 2014

14 Million Yomiuri readers will hear about ITER

​With a combined morning and evening circulation of more than 14 million, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun is number one among the world…
25 Mar 2014

25 years ago: "The scientific fiasco of the century"

​Twenty five years ago, University of Utah scientists announced a discovery that touched off a worldwide sensation. "Basically, we've…
24 Mar 2014

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…
21 Mar 2014

Making synthetic diamond crystals in a plasma reactor

​Diamonds are highly sought after as jewelry and as a form of capital investment. They are also prized by the research community, but not…
20 Mar 2014

Indian community celebrates Holi festival

​Holi Hai!!   Holi, the Indian festival of colours (also known as the festival of love), is a celebration of the arrival of…
14 Mar 2014

Busy days in China

​During a recent visit to China, ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima met with high-level representatives of government and had the…
13 Mar 2014

More than a year in Provence

​In the Spring issue of InFusion, a publication from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), Mike Walsh, head of the …
11 Mar 2014

World's largest energy initiative comes to Wollongong

​One of the people responsible for the manufacture of the magnet system at the heart of ITER presented a special guest seminar…
11 Mar 2014

What's the Moon Worth?

​Without 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…
9 Mar 2014

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…
9 Mar 2014

Spitzer: Fusion Vs Fission

​When a science-mad artificial intelligence system (voiced by GLaDOS actress Ellen McLain) is installed at NASA, two hapless computer…
7 Mar 2014

Going nuclear—in a small way

​New research has provided a comprehensive overview of new small-scale nuclear reactors, which could be suitable candidates to cope with…
7 Mar 2014

The 17 Countries Generating The Most Nuclear Power

​ While the popularity of nuclear power worldwide took a major hit in the aftermath of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Disaster in 2011, it…
5 Mar 2014

Major U.S. Science Agencies Face Flat Prospects

​President Barack Obama this morning released a $3.901 trillion budget request to Congress, including proposals for a host of federal…
3 Mar 2014

Physicists start thinking beyond the LHC, consider reviving the SSC

​Will particle physicists ever have a new toy that will take them to energies beyond those accessible through the Large Hadron Collider?…
3 Mar 2014

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…
27 Feb 2014

Superconductivity for Energy 2014

​Registration is open now for the Superconductivity for Energy 2014 conference that will be held in Paestum, Italy on 15-19 May…
27 Feb 2014

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…
23 Feb 2014

Our very own telecommunication pylon

​On a warm sunny afternoon last week, ITER welcomed its very own telecommunication pylon which proudly stands 35 metres high beside the…