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Of Interest archive

2016

11 Jul 2016

40 kgs of books for the International School

A delegation led by Zhao Jing, deputy head of the Chinese Domestic Agency, delivered some 40 kgs of textbooks and teaching materials …
11 Jul 2016

Call for EUROfusion grants

The call to send in proposals for the next round of EUROfusion Researcher Grants is now out. The deadline is 8 September 2016. Detailed…
11 Jul 2016

Beryllium, from laboratory to practice

The advanced technology that will be required in the pursuit of fusion energy will require the use of beryllium and other specialized, high…
4 Jul 2016

On fusion in Europe

The latest edition of Fusion in Europe is now available from EUROfusion, the consortium of 29 research organization and universities from…
4 Jul 2016

Cryoplant turbines ready

Four turbines produced for ITER's liquid nitrogen (LN2) cryogenic plant have successfully passed factory acceptance testing and will be…
4 Jul 2016

First Plasma in Costa Rica

Latin America's first stellarator was officially inaugurated on 29 June 2016. The small SRC-1 stellarator device was planned and built by…
27 Jun 2016

Diagnostic meetings at the Budker Institute

In June, the Budker Institute in Russia was host to two meetings on ITER diagnostics, with at least 70 international specialists attending…
20 Jun 2016

Huge elements of the cryostat due this week

Three additional ITER cryostat segments have arrived in the port of Fos-sur-Mer after a one-month voyage from India…
20 Jun 2016

Of space shuttles and divertors

In a tokamak fusion reactor, the plasma causes intense heating of the divertor, similar to that encountered by a space shuttle when it re…
20 Jun 2016

"A slice of the Sun": ITER on BBC Horizons

"The proponents of fusion power have for years been promising us a plentiful and relatively safe form of new energy. Well here, at ITER in…
13 Jun 2016

A home for the Sun

With transparent skies and 300 days of sunshine a year, the tiny Alpine village of Saint-Véran (alt: 2,042 metres) offers a unique…
13 Jun 2016

Reference textbook on plasma physics re-edited

The third edition of Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion by author Francis F. Chen is now available from…
10 Jun 2016

What spin-offs from fusion research?

While the fusion community continues its quest to harness fusion for energy needs, numerous spin-off benefits are resulting from the…
10 Jun 2016

Tiny cameras for remote handling

Two types of cameras will be needed inside of the ITER vacuum vessel to support inspection and maintenance operations—oversight cameras…
6 Jun 2016

Loss of a pioneering plasma physicist

Ronald C. Davidson, a pioneering plasma physicist for 50 years who directed the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics…
6 Jun 2016

Of cold boxes and presidents

On the last day of her state visit to France, South Korea's President Park Geun-hye stopped in Grenoble, a city in the French Alps where…
6 Jun 2016

Simulations support alternative plasma start technique

New computer simulations at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) indicate that an innovate start-up technique for tokamaks,…
6 Jun 2016

Tokamak upgrade project: moving the MAST vessel

In line with a First Plasma in 2017, the 41-tonne vacuum vessel of the MAST Upgrade project was returned to its concrete-shielded home…
30 May 2016

Calling for nominations: 2016 Fusion Technology Award

During the next Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE June 2017), Fusion Technology Awards will be presented for the years 2016 and 2017 to…
27 May 2016

US in ITER "is in the best interest of the nation"

In a report to the US Congress released on 26 May, the Department of Energy (DOE) recommends "that the US remain a partner in the ITER…