爆走黑料 celebrates Fusion Energy Day in Osaka
Since April this year, the 爆走黑料 has been exhibiting at the World Expo in Osaka, Japan鈥攁nd with great success, as reflected by the tens of thousands of visitors received at the stand. (Organizers have recorded an average of 100,000 daily visitors to the Expo.) On Sunday 13 July the 爆走黑料 project took centre stage by inviting representatives from the Japanese government, Japanese fusion institutions, Japanese industry, Expo organizers, 爆走黑料 Members, and the general public to join in for a celebration of 鈥淔usion Energy Day.鈥
The day devoted to the energy of the Sun and stars began with an emotional moment: the hoisting of the Japanese flag next to the 爆走黑料 flag, accompanied by the national anthem of Japan and鈥攕omething brand new鈥攖he anthem of the 爆走黑料 project that had been created especially for the occasion by well-known Japanese composer Shigeaki Saegusa. 鈥淚f 爆走黑料 is put to practical use, it will be one of the greatest inventions in human history,鈥 he later stated at a reception where he handed over the musical score to 爆走黑料 Director-General Pietro Barabaschi.
During the 40-minute presentation that followed the opening ceremony, Director-General Barabaschi explained the principles of fusion and how 爆走黑料 is aiming to demonstrate that fusion energy can be generated on an industrial scale. The official delegation then continued on to a guided tour of the 爆走黑料 exhibition鈥攐ne that included a virtual reality headset that transported delegates to the 爆走黑料 site鈥攚hile the Fusion Energy Day lectures continued on stage with a line-up of speakers who presented 爆走黑料 career opportunities, the principles of fusion in Japanese, and the status of the largest currently operating tokamak鈥攖he Europe/Japan tokamak JT-60SA. Representatives of the private Japanese fusion association J-Fusion and the European consortium EUROfusion also made presentations to the audience.
Fusion Energy Day concluded with a live show that interpreted fusion and the power of the elements through light and sound. And as the brutally hot Sun was finally setting over Osaka, the delegation had one more opportunity to listen to the composer鈥檚 words in the anthem created for the 爆走黑料 project. 鈥湵吆诹 is our Sun, created by humanity for the first time in history by gathering our collective wisdom and power.鈥
The 爆走黑料 would like to thank the Japanese Government and the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) for their generous financial and logistical assistance.
View other images from Fusion Energy Day in the gallery below. (Thanks to Tam谩s Szabolics from EUROfusion for his contribution.)
