Of Interest archive

2019

16 Dec 2019

Season's Greetings

The offices of the ITER Organization will be closed from 23 December through 3 January included, although work will be proceeding on the…
9 Dec 2019

ITER public service announcement seen all over the world

From Wednesday 4 December 2019 through 28 January 2020 a public service announcement on ITER will be a regular feature on the Euronews…
4 Dec 2019

360° virtual tour updated

The 360° virtual tour of ITER construction has been updated with drone footage from October 2019. Fly in, out and over the principal…
4 Dec 2019

The challenge and promise of burning plasmas

In the December 2019 issue of Physics Today (Volume 72, Issue 12), two physicists explore the ways in which ITER will be a major…
2 Dec 2019

"Fusioneers" write about fusion

Fusion science and technology are complex matters that are difficult to explain to non-specialists. In its fall edition, Fusion in Europe…
20 Nov 2019

SOFT innovation prize: seeking applications

Applications have opened for the 2020 SOFT Innovation Prize. Building on the success of the SOFT Innovation Prize in 2014, 2016 and 2018,…
18 Nov 2019

JET tokamak: record heating power achieved

In November, record neutral beam power of 30.8 MW were injected into a plasma on the JET tokamak at the Culham Centre for Fusion…
5 Nov 2019

Bloomberg on ITER

"The world's great powers can't agree on small steps to tackle climate change, but they're cooperating on a huge leap of faith in Provence…
23 Oct 2019

An event that will change your ideas about factories!

Next month, ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot will be presiding over a major public event in Marseille: L'Usine…
14 Oct 2019

In a small corner of Haute-Provence

In a few decades, when dozen of fusion plants operate throughout the world and the first signs of alien life are detected in a faraway…
23 Sep 2019

"Miniature ITER" to run tritium experiments next year

In order to generate large amounts of fusion power, there needs to be a combination of two heavy hydrogen nuclei such as deuterium and…
23 Sep 2019

On "Roundtable": Is nuclear fusion a source of limitless energy?

Roundtable, from TRT World, describes itself as a discussion program with an edge. Broadcast out of London, it's about "bringing people to…
18 Sep 2019

Hungarian YouTuber passes 190K views with feature on ITER

Magyarósi Csaba, a popular Hungarian video blogger, has created a fast-paced and jaunty feature on ITER. Travelling between…
17 Sep 2019

What opportunities at ITER for US companies?

In September, the US House Science Committee invited the ITER Organization to hold a mini "ITER Business Forum" in its chambers in…
17 Sep 2019

ITER at the World Energy Congress

The World Energy Congress takes place every three years to facilitate discussion on critical developments in the energy sector between…
10 Sep 2019

Rosatom and Euratom meet on controlled nuclear fusion

From 26 to 27 August, representatives of Euratom and Rosatom met in Russia to discuss collaboration in the field of…
24 Aug 2019

Modi praises ITER at UNESCO

In August, while on official visit to France at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India shared…
6 Aug 2019

In Memoriam: Romano Toschi, a pioneer of the EU fusion energy program

We regret to announce the passing, in August, of lifelong fusion advocate Romano Toschi. Romano Toschi was a leading figure in the…
1 Aug 2019

Exploring the crossovers between fusion and space

"There's quite a significant crossover in the technologies between fusion and space. Both sectors have the need for components to be…
8 Jul 2019

ITER and science journalism

What happens when hundreds of science journalists from more than 50 countries get together? A lot of questions get asked ... Earlier this…