Of Interest archive
2015
22 Jun 2015
The ITER godfather on site
If only it were possible to read minds. It would have been interesting to know what that particular visitor was thinking as he leaned over…
19 Jun 2015
High-tech remote handling for the ITER divertor
In this five-minute video produced by the European Domestic Agency for ITER, the type of specialized robotics, networks and virtual…
15 Jun 2015
Princeton's upgraded NSTX to be largest of its kind
The signature nuclear fusion experiment at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab is expected to relaunch this summer after being shuttered for…
12 Jun 2015
Supercomputer, and researchers, pair up to shed light on material interactions
As part of a Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) project, a partnership between the US Department of Energy's…
12 Jun 2015
ITER Director-General speaks out
Ten years ago this month, a group of industrial nations agreed on the location for the world's largest nuclear-fusion experiment: ITER, the…
8 Jun 2015
"Plasmoids" could simplify the design of future tokamaks
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have for the first time simulated the formation of…
8 Jun 2015
Job fair proposes 350 local jobs
Facilitating the encounter between job opportunities and local jobseekers was the objective of the third "L'Energie pour l'Emploi" (Energy…
8 Jun 2015
Like a beast, with its horns...
Before it can become operational, the main body of an electrical transformer must be equipped with several additional elements such as oil…
1 Jun 2015
MAST-Upgrade fusion device advances ahead of schedule
Another key step in the building of the MAST-Upgrade fusion device was taken last week with the joining of the first two main segments of…
31 May 2015
Chinese ambassador tours site
On Wednesday 27 May, ITER received the Chinese ambassador to France, Mr Zhai Jun, who visited the project with a delegation of 12 as…
30 May 2015
US participation in Wendelstein 7-X stellarator renewed
The Wendelstein 7-X fusion project at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald, Germany is slated to begin operation…
29 May 2015
A three-day training session for DAHER partners
Since February 2012, and the signature of a major framework contract with the ITER Organization, the group DAHER is the Logistics Service…
26 May 2015
KIT International School on Fusion Technologies
Applications are now open for the 2015 edition of the International School on Fusion Technologies that will be held at the Karlsruhe…
25 May 2015
Tiny grains of lithium to improve fusion plasmas
By Raphael Rosen Scientists from General Atomics and the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have…
20 May 2015
Director-General Bigot presents Action Plan to citizen's watchdog group
The ITER Commission locale d'information (the citizen watchdog group that monitors ITER activities in accordance with the French 2006…
15 May 2015
Grant awarded to Princeton physicist for work on plasma impurities
Physicist Luis Delgado-Aparicio, of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has won a highly…
15 May 2015
Applications open for doctoral program APPLAuSE
Applications for the 3rd edition of the doctoral program in plasma science and engineering APPLAuSE (Portugal) are now open for…
15 May 2015
Transformers loaded for delivery
Three high voltage transformers for ITER's steady state electrical system have been loaded onto transport trailers in the Mediterranean…
7 May 2015
New head of 'Conseil départemental' reaffirms committment
The Conseil général, the executive body of the French départements recently had their name changes to Conseil départemental. In Bouches-du…
4 May 2015
The ITER site from a drone's point of view
View this spectacular video of the ITER site seen from a drone's point of view. (Produced in April by the European Domestic Agency.)