Of Interest archive

2017

19 Jun 2017

Optimizing lithium to control fusion plasmas

For fusion to generate substantial energy, the ultra-hot plasma that fuels fusion reactions must remain stable and kept from cooling…
19 Jun 2017

Prof Predhiman Krishan Kaw (1948-2017)

It is with great regret that the ITER community has learned of the sudden passing of Professor Predhiman Krishan Kaw on 18 June. Professor…
12 Jun 2017

Does your project need computing power?

The Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) in the UK is looking for people in the fusion community who could benefit from its new…
5 Jun 2017

Lithium oxide on tokamak walls can improve plasma performance

Lithium compounds improve plasma performance in fusion devices just as well as pure lithium does, a team of physicists at the U.S…
23 May 2017

Six plasma exhaust projects to receive funding in Europe

In the context of its Roadmap to the realization of fusion electricity EUROfusion, the European Consortium for the Development of Fusion…
15 May 2017

Enthusiastic about fusion?

After the success of the first fusion writers' edition of Fusion in Europe last year, the magazine is again looking for ambitious volunteer…
15 May 2017

Fusion materials tested at unique facility

Scientists now have a better understanding of the factors leading to steel degradation and of the ways to improve the design and…
1 May 2017

Useful downtime at Wendelstein 7-X

Following an initial run at the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator that lasted from December 2015 to March 2016, a shutdown phase ensued to equip…
24 Apr 2017

Funding for MAST Upgrade enhancements

Culham's new tokamak MAST Upgrade is to receive funding to tackle one of the hottest issues in fusion energy research—plasma exhaust…
10 Apr 2017

Light shed on mysterious plasma flows

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and General Atomics have simulated a…
10 Apr 2017

Fusion in the energy system 2050+

In order to master what's commonly refered to as "the energy transition," a diversity of energy sources need to be matched up in the energy…
3 Apr 2017

Wanted: university grads from Europe

Are you a university graduate who wants to gain international professional experience and contribute to the work of the European Domestic…
22 Mar 2017

Last piece in the MAST tokamak puzzle

At the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in the UK, the central magnet of the new MAST upgrade tokamak was positioned in early March,…
20 Mar 2017

Helios supercomputer: retired after 5 years of service

For five years, it has been a resource for the plasma physics community. The Helios supercomputer has performed complex calculations…
20 Mar 2017

No sleep during shutdown of JET tokamak

The European tokamak JET is currently in an engineering shutdown phase. But shutdown doesn't mean inactivity—scientists are currently…
14 Mar 2017

A new filter for heavy hydrogen

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, the University of…
1 Mar 2017

Fusion summer school announced at IPP (Germany)

Every summer, the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching near Munich, Germany, organizes a one-week summer school in plasma…
20 Feb 2017

Quench tank delivery video

Some 4,500 components, large and small, will be shipped to ITER for integration into the ITER cryoplant, which is under construction…
20 Feb 2017

A new code and its photographic by-product

A physicist at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) is developing a code to calibrate camera views of fusion experiments. …
13 Feb 2017

1st segments of the cryostat lower cylinder en route

On 30 January, six large steel elements of the ITER cryostat left the port of Hazira, India for their one-month voyage to ITER. These are…