Of Interest archive
2013
13 Aug 2013
Contracts for ITER components awarded
More contracts have been awarded for components to be used in the next-generation fusion reactor, ITER, being built in France. Indian,…
12 Aug 2013
Making progress by going backwards... and forwards
Scientists at Portugal's Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear (IPFN) have made a dramatic twenty-fold improvement to the operation of their…
11 Aug 2013
Clean, limitless fusion power could arrive sooner than expected
Good news, denizens of Earth: If the findings from two premier research labs are to be believed, commercial nuclear fusion is feasible—and…
10 Aug 2013
PPPL wins USD 12.25 million grant
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has won a USD 12.25 million competitive grant to develop computer codes to simulate a key…
9 Aug 2013
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith calls for carbon duty on imports
A leading energy expert says Australia should impose a carbon duty on imports of goods and services from countries that don't set a price…
7 Aug 2013
Researchers create magnetic resonance imaging of the Sun's interior motions
A team of scientists has created a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the sun's interior plasma motions, shedding light on how it…
6 Aug 2013
JET-setting Indian team get ITER-like ELM coils underway
A new chapter in JET's career is opening, as a significant international collaboration with India gets underway. The project is to…
5 Aug 2013
Japanese researchers synthesize elusive atomic element 113
A Japanese team from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science (RNC) has announced the synthesis of the elusive atomic element…
4 Aug 2013
How we will live in 100 years
It's a Friday afternoon and you've left the office after a busy week. You hail a driverless cab, powered by nuclear fusion, that takes you…
3 Aug 2013
Nuclear fusion—your time has come!
Every year, one typical coal-fired power station devours several million tons of fuel and produces even more carbon dioxide. The…
2 Aug 2013
Hydrogen beam injector guides plasma physics research
The Madison Symmetric Torus, a leading piece of equipment in plasma physics research for more than 20 years, recently gained a new…
1 Aug 2013
Recovering tritium from JET's waste
ENEA and CEA have developed a membrane process and a palladium-based reactor to extract tritium from JET's housekeeping waste. Compared to…
31 Jul 2013
Snowflakes spread the heat
Scientists from the Swiss Associate CRPP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory received the…
30 Jul 2013
Using a fusion fission hybrid reactor to burn nuclear waste
Nuclear power is actually the safest form of power generation in existence, including all forms of renewables and hydrocarbons. Scientists…
29 Jul 2013
A dying star is reborn in a lab
Astronomer Don Winget studies stars, yet his targets are never more than yards away. For the past two years, Winget and his colleagues at…
28 Jul 2013
China's space program has helium 3 in mind
China's interest in space is prompted by far more than mere curiosity, as space development will lead to tremendous economic, scientific…
27 Jul 2013
University of Tennessee, ORNL lead national project to study nuclear fusion reactor materials
A research team at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will receive USD 4.1 million during the next five years to…
26 Jul 2013
Benefits of thorium as alternative nuclear fuel are 'overstated'
The benefits of an alternative nuclear fuel that could offer a safer and more abundant alternative to the uranium that powers conventional…
25 Jul 2013
Antimatter and fusion drives could power future spaceships
Nuclear fusion reactions sparked by beams of antimatter could be propelling ultra-fast spaceships on long journeys before the end of the…
24 Jul 2013
The boy who played with fusion
Taylor Wilson stood at the front of the auditorium, shifting from foot to foot and adjusting his suit sleeves like any other 18-year-old…