In order to produce energy from the fusion of light atoms, nature offers a dozen of possible combinations. Only one is accessible in the current state of technology: the fusion of hydrogen isotopes(1) deuterium and tritium. But here's the challenge. While deuterium can be eas...
ITER's ring-like poloidal field coils are among the largest and heaviest components of the ITER machine. Ranging from 8 to 24 metres in diameter, and from 193 to 396 tonnes, six coils will encircle the ITER vacuum chamber like so many parallels of latitude to influence the shape ...
For the past year, the pace of highly exceptional (HEL) component deliveries has been accelerating. Some of the components, such as the electrical transformers received between January and May from the United States, have already been installed on site; others have been placed in...
On a cold November morning in Geneva, 30 years ago, two men met for the first time. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, at the head of the world's two superpowers, had much to talk about. At that moment in history, tension between the Soviet Union and the United States was high ...
In 2010, 2013 and 2016, a major rendezvous in fusion has gathered researchers, industrialists, and international organizations to the Principality of Monaco. Under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II, the Monaco-ITER International Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED) offer a unique...