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Of Interest archive

2019

11 Mar 2019

New tungsten alloy: potential material for fusion reactors

Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States have developed thin films made of a tungsten alloy that could be…
6 Mar 2019

"A Glass of Seawater!" podcast

What do you get when you mix three parts fusion doctoral training, two measures of outreach, many parts of information, and a final jigger…
4 Mar 2019

"Planet ITER" stars in travelling exhibit

Established in December 1893, the monthly L'Usine nouvelle ("The New Factory") is one of the oldest French trade magazines. To celebrate…
25 Feb 2019

IPP tungsten image wins science photo award

A photo of a specimen of tungsten-fibre-reinforced tungsten after a stress test won the first prize in science publisher Elsevier's "NuMart…
25 Feb 2019

ITER goes manga 2.0

The sequel of the ITER manga is out. Taiyô Tenno, the young Japanese art student who had visited Provence and had been introduced to ITER…
18 Feb 2019

This alloy has fusion in mind

A two-year campaign to test the resistance of EUROFER97 steel, financed by the European Domestic Agency, has just ended at the Nuclear…
28 Jan 2019

How Europe benefits from ITER

A recent public hearing organized by the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament has shed a light on the significant impact…
28 Jan 2019

Plasma webcam among world's "most interesting"

Thousands of live webcams throughout the world provide viewers with spectacular natural vistas, cityscapes and beaches, trendy bars and…
21 Jan 2019

Raindrops and fiery sightings: new research from around the world

At the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), researcher Fulvio Militello is working on a statistical model that compares the seemingly…
14 Jan 2019

A new Chair for EUROfusion's General Assembly

On October 9 2014, fusion research bodies from European Union member states and Switzerland signed an agreement to cement European…
14 Jan 2019

Fusion Power Associates: Expectations through the 2020s

Every year in December, the annual meeting of the Fusion Power Associates brings together senior representatives of the US and…
14 Jan 2019

Fusion world: A process that stabilizes plasmas

Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in the US are reporting findings that can be beneficial to ITER, says John…
7 Jan 2019

ITER Business Forum: register now

Registration is open now for the 2019 edition of the ITER Business Forum (IBF/2019) to be held in Antibes, France from 26 to 28 March…
7 Jan 2019

Is fusion's future on the Moon?

Like mountaineers at the foot of Mount Everest, spacefaring nations have aimed for the Moon "because it's there." Now, close to 60 years…

2018

21 Dec 2018

US National Academies: US should remain in ITER

The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has completed a multiyear study of the overall status of magnetic…
19 Dec 2018

A tokamak made of virtual glass

A new simulation tool helps scientists to understand how a tokamak would look during a fusion experiment. Research Software Engineer…
10 Dec 2018

Celebrating a successful year

On 3 December, over 1,100 ITER staff, contractors, partners, families and friends celebrated the end of 2018 as a successful year for the…
10 Dec 2018

ITER International School: register now

Registration is now open for the 10th ITER International School, which will take place in Daejeon, Korea, from 21 to 25 January 2019. The…
3 Dec 2018

President Xi Jinping explains ITER and fusion

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of China's Reform and Opening, President Xi Jinping visited the Exhibition of Achievements and…
3 Dec 2018

ITER @ COP24

Starting this week, politicians, scientists, strategists and non-governmental organizations meet in Katowice, Poland, for the 24th United…