Of Interest archive
2014
7 Apr 2014
How a new star will be born
The ITER project is truly at the frontier of knowledge, a collective effort to explore the tantalizing future of free, clean and…
2 Apr 2014
Agence Iter France director to co-preside Eurofusion
Director of Agence Iter France, former director of JET (2000-2006) and former head of the European Fusion Development Agreement EFDA (2006…
2 Apr 2014
Questions and answers with Stephen Dean and Daniel Clery
Two recently published books describe the history of nuclear fusion research. Search for the Ultimate Energy Source: A history of the US…
31 Mar 2014
ITER site works popular on YouTube
The European Domestic Agency, with responsibility for the construction of the 39 buildings of the ITER installation, launched its first…
31 Mar 2014
ITER at the Cité des Sciences in Paris
An exposition on ITER is running from now until 8 June at the Cité des Sciences (Parc de la Villette, Paris). Combining different media…
27 Mar 2014
ITER represented at NewGen future energy forum in Moscow
The ITER Project is present at this week's NewGen—Future Energy forum in Moscow, where industry and political actors from Russia and…
25 Mar 2014
Puffing hydrogen for self-protection
Researchers of the FOM Institute DIFFER have discovered that the wall material of a fusion reactor can shield itself from high…
25 Mar 2014
14 Million Yomiuri readers will hear about ITER
With a combined morning and evening circulation of more than 14 million, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun is number one among the world…
25 Mar 2014
25 years ago: "The scientific fiasco of the century"
Twenty five years ago, University of Utah scientists announced a discovery that touched off a worldwide sensation. "Basically, we've…
24 Mar 2014
Researchers model spent nuclear fuels
Lawrence Livermore scientists have modeled actinide-based alloys, such as spent nuclear fuel, in an effort to predict the impact of…
21 Mar 2014
Making synthetic diamond crystals in a plasma reactor
Diamonds are highly sought after as jewelry and as a form of capital investment. They are also prized by the research community, but not…
20 Mar 2014
Indian community celebrates Holi festival
Holi Hai!! Holi, the Indian festival of colours (also known as the festival of love), is a celebration of the arrival of…
14 Mar 2014
Busy days in China
During a recent visit to China, ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima met with high-level representatives of government and had the…
13 Mar 2014
More than a year in Provence
In the Spring issue of InFusion, a publication from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), Mike Walsh, head of the …
11 Mar 2014
World's largest energy initiative comes to Wollongong
One of the people responsible for the manufacture of the magnet system at the heart of ITER presented a special guest seminar…
11 Mar 2014
What's the Moon Worth?
Without the moon, we probably wouldn't exist. In that sense, the moon's value is infinite -- but what if you wanted to put a dollar…
9 Mar 2014
Dhiraj Bora on fusion
Dhiraj Bora, present Director of the Institute for Plasma Research, Gujarat and former ITER Deputy-Director General, explains what a fusion…
9 Mar 2014
Spitzer: Fusion Vs Fission
When a science-mad artificial intelligence system (voiced by GLaDOS actress Ellen McLain) is installed at NASA, two hapless computer…
7 Mar 2014
Going nuclear—in a small way
New research has provided a comprehensive overview of new small-scale nuclear reactors, which could be suitable candidates to cope with…
7 Mar 2014
The 17 Countries Generating The Most Nuclear Power
While the popularity of nuclear power worldwide took a major hit in the aftermath of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Disaster in 2011, it…