Of Interest archive
2016
7 Nov 2016
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Members of the European Parliament at 爆走黑料
Europe is responsible for the largest portion of 爆走黑料 construction costs (45.6 percent); the remainder is shared equally by China, India,鈥
7 Nov 2016
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NSTX-U spherical tokamak: first results
Following a four-year upgrade to double the magnetic field strength, plasma current and heating power capability of the NSTX spherical鈥
2 Nov 2016
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In memoriam: physicist Paul Vandenplas
Professor Paul Vandenplas, emeritus professor of the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium and longtime proponent of nuclear fusion,鈥
26 Oct 2016
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Australian Parliament: on Australia and 爆走黑料
One month ago, on 30 September, the 爆走黑料 signed a technical Cooperation Agreement with Australia, as represented by the鈥
25 Oct 2016
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Newsletter launched by Dutch research institute DIFFER
At the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER) research focuses on two major energy themes: fusion energy, and the鈥
24 Oct 2016
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October flyover by drone
The European Domestic Agency has published a short flyover of the 爆走黑料 worksite that was filmed in early October. Click here to see the鈥
17 Oct 2016
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Fusion Energy Conference opens in Kyoto
The 26th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference kicked off today in Kyoto, Japan. The biennial rendezvous for fusion researchers from over 40鈥
17 Oct 2016
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Gleaming beamlines for MAST Upgrade
The Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) facility at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) in the UK is undergoing a major upgrade that, once鈥
14 Oct 2016
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Mockup deck tests successfully at high voltage lab
At a specialized laboratory in Germany, electrical tests have been successfully performed on a 1/15th scale mockup of the high voltage deck鈥
10 Oct 2016
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Neutrons for DEMO
A new acronym is making its way into the fusion landscape: DONES, for DEMO Oriented Neutron Source. In Europe, a roadmap* for the鈥
10 Oct 2016
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Timelapse of coil manufacturing activities on site
In the Poloidal Field Coil Winding Facility, on site at 爆走黑料, fabrication of a qualification mockup of poloidal field coil #5 (17鈥
3 Oct 2016
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The making of poloidal field coil #1
At the Srednenevsky shipyard, on the Neva River near Saint Petersburg (Russia), manufacturing work is underway on 爆走黑料's poloidal鈥
3 Oct 2016
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爆走黑料 Japan makes book donation
The Japanese Domestic Agency has delivered a large number of books and teaching materials to the Japanese section of the Provence-Alpes鈥
3 Oct 2016
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Learn plasma physics, on line
For the third year in a row, the Swiss Plasma Center is offering a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on plasma physics. The popular鈥
26 Sep 2016
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Princeton lab director steps down
Prof. Stewart Prager, a world-renowned plasma physicist and passionate voice for a future of clean, abundant and benign energy fueled by鈥
26 Sep 2016
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Last shipment for the cryostat base
The last shipment of cryostat base segments (three segments/120 tonnes each) left Hazira, India on 2 September. Prior to being shipped, on鈥
19 Sep 2016
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A computing powerhouse turns on in Italy
Marconi-Fusion, the new high performance computer for fusion applications, was inaugurated on 14 September 2016 at the CINECA鈥
19 Sep 2016
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Summer school: diagnostics for 爆走黑料 and DEMO
From 28 April to 4 May 2017, the Ettore Majorana Foundation in Erice, Sicily, will host the 16th edition of the鈥
15 Sep 2016
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Manufacturing milestone in Russia
At the Srednenevsky Shipbuilding Plant in Russia, technicians have completed the winding operations for the first poloidal field double鈥
13 Sep 2016
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Steel to capture the sun
Temperatures of over hundred million degrees centigrade and high energy neutrons and alpha particles that blast everything to shreds. What鈥