Of Interest archive
2014
9 Sep 2014
Monster Machines: What the future of nuclear fusion research looked like in 1962
At the onset of the atomic age, governments on both sides of the iron curtain sought to harness the power of nuclear fusion. Researchers…
4 Sep 2014
Ed Moses appointed president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
Ed Moses, a longtime scientific leader at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been appointed by the Giant Magellan Telescope…
3 Sep 2014
Underground experiment confirms what powers the sun
Scientists have long believed that the power of the sun comes largely from the fusion of protons into helium, but now they can finally…
3 Sep 2014
NSTX fusion reactor at Princeton will be operational again after $94 M upgrade
Tucked away from major roadways and nestled amid more than 80 acres of forest sits a massive warehouse-like building where inside, a…
31 Aug 2014
ITER Director-General gets update on Broader Approach
In Rokkasho, on the eastern coastline of Japan, Europe and Japan are jointly carrying out advanced R&D activities in support of ITER…
29 Aug 2014
Fusion reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab will be operational again after $94 M upgrade
Princeton - Tucked away from major roadways and nestled amid more than 80 acres of forest sits a massive warehouse-like building…
28 Aug 2014
ITER components en route from New York
Four crates containing parts of an ITER electrical transformer (high voltage surge arresters) left the port of New York on 5…
24 Aug 2014
Figuring out the way to make really clean energy
FOR years, scientists just down the road from Oxford have been quietly working at the forefront of a project that could change the world…
24 Aug 2014
Bridging the gap to IFMIF
Culham Center for Fusion Energy, in a consortium with UK universities and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, is developing a concept for a…
21 Jul 2014
Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)'s opening statement at the Subcommittee on Energy
Last week the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing to discuss the progress and future…
21 Jul 2014
Scientists recreate core conditions on Jupiter, Saturn using lasers
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) found a way to compress a diamond, mimicking conditions in the cores of…
17 Jul 2014
Charity begins at CERN
There is a mantra in the fund-raising world: big donors like to support big ideas. And ideas do not come much larger than at CERN, Europe…
16 Jul 2014
Latest issue of Korea's "Fusion Now"
The National Fusion Research Institute of Korea has just published the latest issue of their magazine Fusion Now, with a long article on…
16 Jul 2014
New video on toroidal field coil manufacturing
A new video released this month by the European Domestic Agency takes us to the heart of the toroidal field coil manufacturing process. At…
14 Jul 2014
Change at the helm of the JT-60 Super Advanced tokamak project
On 1 July 2014 Hiroshi Shirai took over from Shinichi Ishida as project leader of the Satellite Tokamak Programme project in Japan—JT-60SA…
14 Jul 2014
ITER discussed at US House of Representatives subcommitee
On Friday 11 July, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing …
14 Jul 2014
Australian Plasma Fusion Research Facility launched
The search for star power — fusion — has received a major boost with the launch of the Australian Plasma Fusion Research Facility (APFRF)…
14 Jul 2014
Russia concludes signatures on two ITER diagnostics
Two additional Complementary Diagnostic Procurement Arrangements were concluded in Russia on 10 July for the delivery of diagnostic…
9 Jul 2014
EUR 283 million contract to operate JET
A major EUR 283 million contract has been signed between the European Commission and the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) that…
9 Jul 2014
ITER Progress in Pictures
Aerial views of the ITER platform, close-ups of the steel reinforcement in the Tokamak Seismic Pit, reportage-like images of pouring…