Of Interest archive
2013
21 Nov 2013
10 years ago, 10 new countries
Ten years ago a historic treaty was signed that would bring large changes to Europe's fusion program. The Treaty of Accession, signed on 16…
20 Nov 2013
Plasma ring experiment offers new path for fusion power
Physicists usually rely on electromagnetic fields to harness the power of plasma, the fourth state of matter, in fusion power experiments…
19 Nov 2013
European collaboration lays foundations for Japanese tokamak
Clutching 2.5 metre-long spanners, three teams of dignitaries from Europe and Japan simultaneously tighten bolts on the cryostat base of…
18 Nov 2013
A challenge to America: Develop fusion power within a decade
America's economy and security depend upon reliable sources of power. Over the next few decades, almost all of the power plants in the US…
17 Nov 2013
How will the ITER construction site evolve in 2013?
How will the ITER construction site evolve in 2013? European Domestic Agency (F4E) video clips reporting on the evolution of…
16 Nov 2013
Fusion-powered spaceships could send humans to Mars
Human travel to Mars has long been the unachievable dangling carrot for space programs. Now, astronauts could be a step closer to our…
15 Nov 2013
Getting a grip—remote handling at JET
There's a new exhibit in EFDA's Fusion Expo, the Remote Handling Experience. Host Dr Phil Dooley gets one of the remote handling…
14 Nov 2013
Junior High students get a taste of daily life in a major nuclear research centre
On 5-6 April, some 120 students from 12 neighbouring collèges (junior high schools) attended workshops on nuclear energy, safety…
13 Nov 2013
New modular approach to house the extensive ITER diagnostic systems
By Lynne Degitz, US ITER When the ITER experimental fusion reactor begins operation in the 2020s, over 40 diagnostic tools will provide…
12 Nov 2013
Simulations uncover obstacle to harnessing laser-driven fusion
Researchers at the Ohio State University are evaluating a two-stage process in which a pellet of fusion fuel is first crushed by lasers on…
11 Nov 2013
Delivery of 1st EU components at JT-60SA
Watch a video of the celebration of the delivery of the first components from Europe and the start of assembly of the JT-60SA tokamak in…
10 Nov 2013
3D animation of ITER divertor cassette pre-loading
Watch a video of the remote handling of an ITER divertor cassette as it is locked into its final position in the ITER vacuum…
9 Nov 2013
Record simulations conducted on Lawrence Livermore supercomputer
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have performed record simulations using all 1,572,864 cores of Sequoia, the largest…
8 Nov 2013
Coriolis effect can stabilize plasma in fusion reactors
According to researchers at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the FOM Institute for fundamental energy research DIFFER, the…
7 Nov 2013
Nuclear fusion is the "perfect energy source"
By Steven Cowley Director of the Culham Center for Fusion Energy Until recently, fears of peak oil and dependence on Middle Eastern…
6 Nov 2013
Fusion power: a 10 year plan to energy security
The American Security Project has released a major report on how the US can accelerate the development of fusion power: …
5 Nov 2013
Will Secretary Moniz put energy back into the Department of Energy?
President Barack Obama has announced that he will nominate Dr. Ernest Moniz to head the US Department of Energy as Secretary. …
4 Nov 2013
MIT experts: Nuclear exit would cost US environment, economy
The United States would incur higher carbon dioxide emissions, a potentially steep rise in electricity prices and suffer a drop in gross…
3 Nov 2013
20 times hotter than the Sun
An 18-metre-tall machine is attempting to harness nuclear fusion, the reaction that powers the Sun, to create electricity. "By the end…
2 Nov 2013
Japan turns from nuclear fission to nuclear fusion
All the world's nuclear power plants generate electricity by splitting atoms in a process known as nuclear fission. But now, Japan is…