Of Interest archive
2013
7 Oct 2013
The night Santa Claus came to fusion
Staffers at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) had more than the holidays to celebrate this…
6 Oct 2013
PPPL physicists win supercomputing time
Three teams led by scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have won major blocks of…
5 Oct 2013
New study says nuclear will be "major contributor" to Europe's energy mix
Nuclear energy will remain a "prime candidate" as Europe considers its options for the decarbonization of its energy mix, according to a…
4 Oct 2013
Fusion helped by collision science
In ITER, beryllium will enter the plasma because it is one of the constituent materials of the fusion chamber walls. The walls…
3 Oct 2013
Fields Medal Cedric Villani speaks of ITER on French national radio
Fields Medal Cedric Villani, who visited the ITER site on Thursday 20 December, was the guest of national public radio France Inter …
2 Oct 2013
Susana Reyes receives 2012 Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award
Susana Reyes, a former ITER staff member now working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been selected to receive…
1 Oct 2013
Could fusion clean up nuclear waste?
What if you could help solve the nuclear waste problem and at the same time give fusion research a new raison d'être? A trio of physicists…
30 Sep 2013
1,200 coal plants projected in 59 countries
According to a World Resources Institute study by Ailun Yang and Yiyun Cui, 1,199 new coal-fired plants, with a total installed…
29 Sep 2013
Germany faces multibillion-euro grid bill
The massive expansion of Germany's electricity networks to cope with the country's transition away from nuclear to a high share of…
28 Sep 2013
Swiss TCV Tokamak celebrates 20th birthday
Twenty years ago, EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) President B. Vittoz clicked on a virtual button that…
27 Sep 2013
Setting an example
Convinced that the ITER installation is safe, the French government recently granted the fusion project the necessary permission to…
26 Sep 2013
The promise of fusion power
By Matthew Hole, Plasma Research Laboratory, Australian National University In the search for new energy sources, one area with…
25 Sep 2013
Fast and tricky to catch
At the heart of deuterium-tritium fusion is the neutron. Each fusion event produces neutrons with an enormous amount of energy—14.1…
24 Sep 2013
All these lights!
All these lights! Scientists unveiled last week an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. A global composite image,…
23 Sep 2013
Gazprom moves on helium demand
Gazprom moves on helium demand MOSCOW. Blimps long ago lost their value as a means of cargo transportation, military reconnaissance, or…
22 Sep 2013
Black hole jets might be molded by magnetism
Black hole jets might be molded by magnetism Even though black holes—by their definition and very nature—are the ultimate hoarders…
21 Sep 2013
MIT team sees the very first stars
MIT team sees the very first stars Researchers at MIT, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of California at…
20 Sep 2013
National Ignition Facility seeks new cash
National Ignition Facility seeks new cash The US Congress had set the end of this year as the deadline for "ignition" at…
19 Sep 2013
Cost of third-generation French nuclear plant rises again
Cost of third-generation French nuclear plant rises again French utility provider Electricité de France announced on 3…
18 Sep 2013
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy is engineering a future for high-tech work
A recruitment drive has been launched by a leading research centre to attract the next generation of hi-tech engineers and scientists. The…