Of Interest archive
2015
2 Mar 2015
Big Science: What's it worth?
Knowledge is not cheap. The world spends more than $1 trillion a year on research and development, including basic research. The biggest…
26 Feb 2015
Size matters in European materials project
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) is one of the partners in a materials research project that has recently been awarded significant…
23 Feb 2015
February issue of F4E Newsletter now online
The February issue of Fusion for Energy newsletter is now online. Find out how contractors feel about ITER's business potential, read…
20 Feb 2015
EAST auxiliary heating system passes review
Operators at EAST, the Chinese superconducting tokamak, announced in the February issue of the EAST Newsletter that the…
20 Feb 2015
European fusion and fission education networks enter cooperation
On 3 February 2015, FuseNet (the European Fusion Education Network) and ENEN (the European Nuclear Education Network) signed…
16 Feb 2015
Our own familiar fusion furnace
February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which provides incredibly detailed images of the…
13 Feb 2015
IBF/15: Doing business with ITER
The ITER Business Forum 2015 (IBF/15) will take place in Marseille, France from 25 to 27 March 2015.Already, close to 400 participants…
13 Feb 2015
ITER featured at conference in Zvenigorod, Russia
The 42nd International Zvenigorod Conference for plasma physics and thermonuclear fusion was held on 9-13 February, near Moscow, Russia…
11 Feb 2015
Inspiring the ITER generation - Culham's Fusion Workshop
The following was posted recently on "Tokamak Tales," a blog run by fusion engineers and physicists at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy…
11 Feb 2015
How viable is nuclear fusion as an energy source?
Professor Steve Cowley, director of the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, and Dr Michael Dittmar, a researcher with the Institute of…
9 Feb 2015
Could bubbles lead to fusion?
Nuclear fusion is the dream of energy scientists the world over, because it promises limitless, clean electricity. Most efforts to…
4 Feb 2015
WEST Newsletter #8 available
The Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research, ITER's neighbour in Saint Paul-lez-Durance, has published issue #8 of the WEST …
4 Feb 2015
"Now I can believe that ITER will be successful"
On an icy and sunny morning, a delegation of engineers, designers and design office coordinators from the seven Domestic Agencies went…
30 Jan 2015
New year, new upgrades for JET tokamak
The JET machine area is a hive of activity as the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) prepares the facility on behalf of EUROfusion for…
30 Jan 2015
Reminder: ITER Business Forum in March
The ITER Business Forum 2015 (IBF/15) will take place in Marseille, France from 25 to 27 March 2015. Already, 256 participants from 135…
28 Jan 2015
EUROfusion actors meet in Switzerland
The JET and Medium-Size Tokamaks General Planning Meeting was held in January in Lausanne at the Olympic Museum. The conference was a…
23 Jan 2015
UK Minister sees an exciting future for Culham
Greg Clark MP, UK Minister of State for Universities, Science & Cities, visited JET on Friday 23 January to find out how researchers…
19 Jan 2015
Panel ensures safe operation of NSTX Upgrade
Like a new passenger jet or power plant, the National Spherical Torus Upgrade (NSTX-U) must be certified safe to operate. At the US…
12 Jan 2015
Recipe for success at the MAST tokamak
Take one stainless steel tokamak component, bake in the oven for seven hours at 980 degrees C till it's just right...et voilà — it's ready…
9 Jan 2015
Register now for the ITER Business Forum 2015 in Marseille
The ITER Business Forum 2015 (IBF/15) will take place in Marseille, France, from 25 to 27 March 2015 with the participation and support…