Of Interest archive
2018
17 Sep 2018
New cameras focus on JET plasma
New cameras are capturing detailed images of fusion energy experiments at the Joint European Torus at Culham. The cameras are actually…
17 Sep 2018
Fusion documentary to be shown at IAEA General Conference
ITER proves that we can collaborate for the common good, film maker Mila Aung-Thwin says in an interview with the International Atomic…
17 Sep 2018
The adventure of logistics
In this recent video, ITER global logistics provider DAHER takes us through the different phases and challenges of transporting massive…
12 Sep 2018
A step forward in tackling plasma instabilities
A team around physicist Jong-Kuy Park of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has made significant progress in tackling a common…
11 Sep 2018
ITER to feature in History's "Project Impossible" series
Get your DVR ready! The US TV channel History is kicking off "Project Impossible," an original series that follows a new generation of…
10 Sep 2018
Korea's KSTAR produces 20,000th plasma
Korea's superconducting tokamak KSTAR has run successfully since 2008. In December 2016, the machine produced a record 70-second high…
3 Sep 2018
2018 recipients of the Landau-Spitzer Award
The Landau-Spitzer Award on the Physics of Plasmas for "outstanding contributions to plasma physics" is jointly sponsored by the Plasma…
23 Aug 2018
Listen to podcast with ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot
Titans of Nuclear is a podcast featuring interviews with experts on nuclear energy by self-described engineer, robotics entrepreneur, and…
19 Jul 2018
UK universities join forces with Culham to tackle turbulence
The Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) is partnering with a group of leading universities to advance understanding of one of the…
9 Jul 2018
ELISE test rig contributes to ITER neutral beam heating
At the core of ITER's neutral beam heating system is a novel high-frequency ion source that has been under development for years at the Max…
2 Jul 2018
'Fusion in Europe' is out
Fusion in Europe's second edition this year is filled to the brim with interesting articles. Take the report about the latest experiment at…
2 Jul 2018
New supercomputer to boost fusion research
Summit, the world's fastest supercomputer recently launched at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the US, will be instrumental in…
25 Jun 2018
Celebrating our women engineers
What do Anna, Margaret, Aneeqa, Natalia, Sarah, Kat and Karina have in common? All these women are engineers who are contributing to…
25 Jun 2018
Indian tokamak to reboot soon
India plans to reboot its steady state superconducting tokamak, SST-1, on time to be showcased at the upcoming IAEA Fusion Energy…
18 Jun 2018
ITER job fair attracts locally
In terms of local recruitment needs, the ITER Project is at an exceptional junction. At the same time as European Domestic Agency…
18 Jun 2018
IAEA issues crowdsourcing challenge on fusion materials
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a challenge for data specialists from around the world to submit innovative ways…
18 Jun 2018
Listen to this!
In the latest episode of the science and engineering podcast series Omega Tau, producer Markus Völter speaks with Pierre Bauer, a…
11 Jun 2018
Enhancements underway at DIII-D tokamak
One of the most flexible and highly instrumented fusion research reactors in the world is undergoing major enhancements that will pave the…
11 Jun 2018
Looking for resilent materials
Scientists at Oxford University, in collaboration with the University of California Santa Barbara, are studying the impact of…
11 Jun 2018
European Domestic Agency: Interns wanted!
Are you a university graduate in the field of nuclear engineering, physics, administration or communication? Do you want to put your…