Of Interest archive

2021

21 May 2021

The FEC goes to London in 2023

The 29th biennial IAEA Fusion Energy Conference will be held in London in October 2023, hosted by the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham…
21 May 2021

Fusion research: social scientists and humanities scholars weigh in

A virtual symposium on fusion research will take place on Friday, 18 June, from 1:30-6:00 p.m. CEST. This event is organized by PhD…
20 May 2021

IAEA Bulletin: Fusion Energy

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publishes a quarterly Bulletin dedicated to educating readers on nuclear technology and its…
5 May 2021

Students of fusion: design a book cover for the IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency, supported by the European Fusion Education Network FuseNet, is about to release a new textbook on…
4 May 2021

PhDiaFusion 2021 announced

Organized every two years by CEA Cadarache (France) and the Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN (Poland), the PhDiaFusion Summer School…
3 May 2021

Reminder: One week to FEC 2020

The 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2020) kicks off in just one week on 10 May 2021. For anyone who would like to join as an…
29 Apr 2021

58th Culham Plasma Physics Summer School

The 58h Culham Plasma Physics Summer School, planned in person from 6 to 17 September 2021, is open for applications.The aim of the Summer…
29 Apr 2021

Fusion CDT: Autumn 2021 applications open now

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Science and Technology of Fusion Energy is accepting applications for Autumn 2021 entry …
8 Apr 2021

IAEA webinar: Careers for women in fusion (14 April)

Are you a female student or a young professional in the field of nuclear physics or nuclear engineering? Are you wondering in which area to…
31 Mar 2021

Document deadlines for the Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2020)

The 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2020) will take place on line from 10 to 15 May 2021. Deadlines are fast approaching for…
30 Mar 2021

A new design for a compact fusion reactor in the United States

Scientists at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, California, have released a new design for a compact fusion reactor that…
30 Mar 2021

Inside an ITER vacuum vessel factory

A new video issued by Fusion for Energy, the European Domestic Agency, takes us onto the shop floor at Walter Tosto where three ITER…
15 Mar 2021

A promising pathway for high-performance fusion plasmas?

Cooperative research between the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in USA and the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) of the Hefei Institutes…
15 Mar 2021

Register for the Remote ITER Business Meeting

In lieu of an in-person ITER Business Forum this year, the ITER Organization is planning a two-day Remote ITER Business Meeting, from 6 to…
11 Mar 2021

EUROfusion awards 16 research grants

The EUROfusion consortium has announced the award of 16 fusion energy research grants across Europe for the development of innovative new…
3 Mar 2021

JT-60SA: full energization of toroidal field magnets

The 18 toroidal field magnets of the JT-60SA tokamak in Japan are now fully energized at a current of 25.7kA. Reaching the full design…
1 Mar 2021

JET: A crucial "dress rehearsal"

An article published on 22 February 2021 in Nature highlights the importance of the upcoming campaign on the JET tokamak (UK) for ITER…
18 Feb 2021

Nuclear News: "A good time for fusion"

"A [US] fusion plant is still years away, but it is definitely getting closer." So concludes the Editor-in-Chief of Nuclear News, the…
18 Feb 2021

Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid: Concensus Report

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine has released a report calling for the construction in the US of a 50-megawatt…
16 Feb 2021

A new website for JT-60SA

The JT-60SA tokamak—just a few months from its first plasma as the updated "Super Advanced" satellite for ITER—has launched a new website…