Of Interest archive
2016
7 Mar 2016
JT-60SA's coil gets a first taste of superconductivity
At the CEA Saclay's Cold Test Facility, near Paris, JT-60SA's first toroidal field coil has completed its round of tests at cryogenic…
29 Feb 2016
53rd edition of the Culham Summer School
The 53rd edition of the Culham Summer School will take place from 18 to 29 July 2016. The school provides an introduction to the…
22 Feb 2016
JT-60 SA torus complete (for a moment)
Assembly operations are progressing on JT-60 SA. In December 2015, the final 20° Vacuum Vessel sector was inserted into the opening of the…
22 Feb 2016
First experiments in Culham's new Materials Research Facility
Construction of the Materials Research Facility (MRF) at Culham is complete and the building has already hosted its first…
22 Feb 2016
Towards a global network of Industrial Liaison Officers
Interaction with industry is essential to ITER success. In 2008, the European Domestic Agency established a network of Industrial Liaison…
12 Feb 2016
A heart in fusion
This heart-shaped dust particle was captured by ion microbam scan on a divertor tile in the JET tokamak. A team of researchers…
12 Feb 2016
International collaboration on cryoplant manufacturing
As work on the foundations of the ITER cryoplant advances on site, industrial partners around the world are making progress on the…
12 Feb 2016
European Commission reaffirms importance of JET tokamak
The European Commission had established a panel of independent high-level experts to evaluate the Euratom research program comprising…
8 Feb 2016
Downloadable ITER posters
A new series of five downloadable posters is available in the ITER on-line Publication Centre (/posters). Designed for A1 printing,…
8 Feb 2016
Expert in fusion honoured by China
China has conferred its annual International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award on a figure closely associated with the ITER…
8 Feb 2016
Fusion education network meets on site
During its fifth General Assembly held at ITER on 4 February, the European Fusion Education Network FuseNet approved a work plan for the…
4 Feb 2016
Korean program news
In the latest issue of NFRI News Korea's National Fusion Research Institute reports the latest KSTAR experimental…
1 Feb 2016
Paint it black
The MAST Upgrade vacuum vessel is getting a paint job — and its new look will ensure the experiment produces top-quality plasma…
1 Feb 2016
Text books for Chinese section at Int'l School
The delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) that was received at ITER on 26 January also paid a visit to…
28 Jan 2016
New finding may explain fusion reactor heat loss
One of the biggest obstacles to making fusion power practical—and realizing its promise of virtually limitless and relatively clean energy…
28 Jan 2016
Kudowa Summer School
The Kudowa Summer School "Towards Fusion Energy" takes place every two years in Kudowa Zdrój, Poland.Organized by the Institute…
25 Jan 2016
MIIFED-IBF 2016: Sign up now!
From 8 to 11 February, the Monaco-ITER International Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED) will combine with the ITER Business Forum (IBF) to create…
21 Jan 2016
Mira supercomputer gives new "edge" to fusion research
Using Mira, physicists from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have uncovered a new understanding about electron behaviour in edge…
18 Jan 2016
African officials get the fusion infusion
What should have been a standard two-hour visit turned out to be a four-hour crash course in fusion. For the first time in the history of…
18 Jan 2016
EU will update roadmap to fusion power
The organization charged with overseeing and coordinating the European Union's quest for fusion power, EUROfusion, plans to update during…