Of Interest archive
2014
20 Feb 2014
Fusion Academy dates announced
Back by popular demand! The Fusion Academy is offering two 3-day sessions of its professional crash course in nuclear fusion in the…
20 Feb 2014
SOFT 2014: Registration now open
The 28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) will take place from 29 September to 3 October in San Sebastian, Spain, organized by…
20 Feb 2014
February F4E News published
The latest news from the European Domestic Agency for ITER has been published in the February issue of F4E News, which can be…
20 Feb 2014
Dr Ravi B. Grover receives civilian award in India
Ravi B. Grover, head of the Indian delegation to the ITER Council, was honoured by the Government of India on the occasion of…
13 Feb 2014
Physics: A fundamental force for future security
What is matter? What is energy? What holds matter together? How do the various constituents of the universe interact at the most basic…
12 Feb 2014
New videos highlight the Russian contribution to ITER
Two new videos produced by the Russian Domestic Agency for ITER highlight the contributions of the Kurchatov Institute (Moscow) and the…
12 Feb 2014
EAST Tokamak team wins Chinese award
The EAST Tokamak team at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), has won the 2013 National Science and…
10 Feb 2014
European Prize for Innovation in fusion research: applications accepted
The European Commission has launched a prize to reward excellence in innovation in the fusion research program as well as the quality of…
10 Feb 2014
UK centre for remote handling proposed at Culham
The Oxford City Deal investment into hi-tech research laboratories and businesses in Oxfordshire, announced this week, was particularly…
9 Feb 2014
News from Korea's National Fusion Research Institute
The fourth issue of NFRI News was released in January. Click on the link below for the latest news from Korea on research in …
8 Feb 2014
Manufacturer celebrated in Korea for completion of Nb3Sn strand
At the end of January, the National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI) presented Kiswire Advanced Technology (KAT) with a plaque in…
7 Feb 2014
ORNL study advances quest for better superconducting materials
Nearly 30 years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, many questions remain, but an Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
6 Feb 2014
Taking no chances with ITER coils
The hopes for fusion power ride on the success of the next big international experiment, ITER. So when it comes to keeping ITER running…
5 Feb 2014
Lift-off for MAST-Upgrade
It's all systems go for the upgrade of the UK's fusion experiment MAST after a nailbiting operation to move the entire machine was…
4 Feb 2014
ITER China launches its English website
ITER China has just launched the English version of its website. Follow this link for procurement news, events and milestones.
3 Feb 2014
A delegation from the Korean National Assembly
Six members of the Korean National Assembly visited ITER on 7 January, accompanied by the head of the Korean Domestic Agency for ITER,…
2 Feb 2014
2014 will be the Year of Fusion in Russia
During a recent visit to the Budker Institute in Novosibirsk, Russia, Paul Thomas, CODAC, Heating & Diagnostics Directorate head…
1 Feb 2014
Striking images of plasma in MAST
Fusion physicist Alex Meakins has posted some striking photographs of plasmas in MAST, caught before the UK's spherical tokamak shutdown…
31 Jan 2014
ITER will benefit from 100 gigabits/s transatlantic connection
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) researchers have established the first international 100 gigabits/s connection for German science…
30 Jan 2014
PPPL's "Star Power" video
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has released "Star Power," a new informational video that uses dramatic images…