Of Interest archive

2021

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…
15 Feb 2021

Material testing for fusion

Because the mechanical and thermal properties of materials can change substantially under neutron irradiation, one of the major challenges…
8 Feb 2021

Fusion? A superfast way of exploring the solar system and beyond

Harnessing fusion energy will provide humankind with a virtually unlimited, clean and safe energy source. It might also open the way to a…
1 Feb 2021

Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2020) goes virtual

Due to Covid-19 pandemic and related global restrictions, the Local Organizing Committee of the 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC2020…
25 Jan 2021

Register now for the Remote ITER Business Meeting

The detailed program for the ITER Organization's Remote ITER Business Meeting is now available at the following address.   Over the…
19 Jan 2021

Watch Japan's Annual Symposium on ITER and Broader Approach activities

On 22 December 2020, the Fusion Energy Forum of Japan (FEFJ) held its annual Symposium on the ITER Project and Broader Approach*…
18 Jan 2021

Europe: new fusion technology transfer award

The European Domestic Agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, has opened a contest to reward companies for the commercial use of fusion…
14 Jan 2021

Coil energization begins at JT-60SA

As part of its countdown to first plasma, the JT-60SA tokamak has entered the coil energization phase. Superconducting coil EF2 has been…
13 Jan 2021

Russian-language film on ITER

ITER Russia (ROSATOM) has teamed with documentary film makers to create a 38-minute feature on fusion and ITER called "On the Way to the…
13 Jan 2021

European DEMO moves to conceptual design phase

From 19 to 25 November 2020, an independent expert panel reviewed EUROfusion's R&D and design work on DEMO, Europe's future…
13 Jan 2021

IAEA: Fusion Crowdsourcing Challenge Launched

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Fusion Education Network (FuseNet) are calling on fusion enthusiasts around…
13 Jan 2021

New documentary on fusion energy: Engineering the Future

A new fusion documentary follows the efforts underway at ITER, JET, and First Light Fusion to realize "the ultimate energy solution."…
11 Jan 2021

A detailed and realistic 360° MCNP model of ITER

In a paper published this month in Nature Energy, a team from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED, Spain) offers the…
8 Jan 2021

Spanish YouTuber passes 375K views with feature on ITER

Javier Santaolalla is a Spanish engineer and doctor in particle physics who has worked at CIEMAT, CERN and the French National Centre for…
7 Jan 2021

'Star power' meets star power

The Japanese ICT company NTT has made a short video in promotion of fusion and ITER with the famous Japanese baseball player Ichirō Suzuki,…
6 Jan 2021

Fusion and the climate: webinar 13 January

On Wednesday 13 January 2021, the Stellar Energy Foundation and Pegasus Fusion Strategies are co-hosting a webinar-style workshop titled …

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…