Of Interest archive

2020

7 Dec 2020

Neighbours and traditions

This month, the ITER community respected time-honoured Provencal traditions by installing a crèche and a Christmas tree in the lobby of…
7 Dec 2020

Fusion world | First plasma for China's HL-2M

China has announced that the HL-2M tokamak produced its first plasma discharge on 4 December 2020.   HL-2M is a medium-sized…
7 Dec 2020

Thailand's TINT to house a research tokamak

The Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology has started the construction of the building that will house the country's first tokamak and…
30 Nov 2020

Disruption mitigation | A new test centre to characterize icy pellets

Researchers at the Centre for Energy Research, Hungary, will test key elements of the ITER disruption mitigation system in a dedicated…
30 Nov 2020

April 2021: Remote ITER Business Meeting

The 2021 ITER Business Forum (IBF/21), originally planned in Marseille, France, from 6 to 8 April 2021, has been postponed to April 2022…
16 Nov 2020

Apply now: 100+ ITER internship opportunities

The ITER Organization has kicked off its 2021 internship program with the publication of 116 offers on the ITER website (visit Jobs…
16 Nov 2020

JT-60SA tokamak enters cooldown

The JT-60SA fusion experiment in Naka, Japan, has entered its integrated commissioning phase—one of the last steps before first plasma…
16 Nov 2020

ITER makes world's "most influential projects" list

The ITER Project has been selected as one of the world's most influential projects by the Project Management Institute in its 2020 ratings,…
2 Nov 2020

Available now: ITER Technical Reports

The list of ITER Technical Reports available on the public website continues to grow. These reports, freely downloadable, aim to make the…
2 Nov 2020

Fusion Energy Conference update (FEC 2020)

Whether in person or virtual, the world's largest fusion conference will forge ahead: FEC 2020 will be maintained for 10-15 May 2021…
5 Oct 2020

Johannes Schwemmer renewed as Fusion for Energy Director

The Governing Board of the European Domestic Agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, announced on 29 September that it has extended the…
5 Oct 2020

In memory of David Swain

The international fusion community lost a major contributor when Dr. David Swain passed away last month. His contributions to the…
28 Sep 2020

New IAEA interactive map identifies fusion devices across the world

The fusion team at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has introduced a worldwide tracking and information system for fusion…
28 Sep 2020

Fusion history | TFTR designated "Nuclear Historic Landmark"

From the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory: The American Nuclear Society has bestowed its distinguished Nuclear Historic Landmark…
21 Sep 2020

Register now: European Fusion Teacher Day

Secondary school teachers across Europe are invited to participate virtually in the 2020 European Fusion Teacher Day, hosted by FuseNet,…
21 Sep 2020

Chiller plant ready for testing

On 17 September, the chiller plant in the Site Services Building was turned over to the ITER Science, Controls & Operation…
11 Sep 2020

Port stubs: Russian deliveries continue

On August 28, two upper port extensions procured by the Russian Domestic Agency arrived at the South Korean port of Busan. Each of the…
8 Sep 2020

Vladimir Sergeevich Voitsenya, 1935-2020

The ITER community was saddened to learn that Vladimir Sergeevich Voitsenya, a Ukrainian physicist, researcher, and Fellow…
17 Aug 2020

Media interest in ITER explodes

ITER's start-of-assembly celebration on 28 July 2020 generated unprecedented media interest in the project, as evidenced by 3,500…
11 Aug 2020

A TV interview of Jung Kijung, head of Korean Domestic Agency

In this 16-minute feature on the ITER Project aired by the Seoul-based English language channel Arirang TV on 5 August, the…