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Testing fusion walls for ITER in WEST
Created by Gieljan deVries |
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During its last campaign in 2020, the French WEST tokamak continued to put wall solutions for ITER to the test.

From trusting your intuition to strict control
Created by Gieljan deVries |
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How a novel control system can regulate heat loss and detachment in fusion experiments.

Fusion in Europe digital newsletter
Created by Gieljan deVries |
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EUROfusion is proud to announce the relaunch of Fusion in Europe magazine as a digital newsletter.

Testing fusion materials with a hail of neutrons
Created by Gieljan deVries |
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For two years, the Belgian nuclear research lab SCK CEN tested materials for ITER and beyond with extreme heat and neutron irradiation

Winding Europe's first ITER magnet
Created by Gieljan deVries |
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Challenging projects make the young fusion industry flourish

F4E launches Technology Transfer Award
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F4E has launched the “Technology Transfer Award” to inject new dynamism in the market and reward European companies and laboratories that can present...

Fusion causing a splash in dentistry
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How fusion alumnus Antonis Sergis developed a dentists' protocol to reduce Coronavirus spread

JET defies Covid to post a record-breaking year
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News from CCFE: JET defies Covid to post a record-breaking year

2020 Nuclear Fusion journal award to Prof. Christian Theiler
Created by Yves Martin |
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News from the Swiss Plasma Center at EPFL

Expert panel approves next DEMO design phase
Created by Gieljan de Vries |
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From 19 to 25 November 2020, an independent expert panel reviewed EUROfusion's R&D and design work on DEMO, the future demonstration fusion power...

Hungarians to develop ITER protection system
Created by Tamás Szabolics |
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How can you quickly shut down runaway electrons in a fusion plasma? Shattering pellets of hydrogen ice may hold the answer.

Small but fierce: SPARC
Created by Gieljan de Vries |
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We talk to plasma physics expert professor Hartmut Zohm at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics for his expert insight.

World Science Day for Peace and Development
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Tuesday 10 November is the UNESCO World Science Day for Peace and Development. As a member of the European science organisation EIROforum, EUROfusion...

MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma
Created by Gieljan de Vries |
last updated: 10/29/2020
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On 29 October UKAEA produced first plasma in their new fusion device MAST Upgrade. We look at how European researchers contributed and what MAST-U...

EUROfusion joins Neutral Beam Test Facility
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A new Cooperation Agreement allows EUROfusion researchers to join work on ITER's largest heating system

ITER Magnets
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The fascination of fusion and the power of international team work - interview with Alessandro Bonito-Oliva

Wall Material for Fusion Reactor Survives Hellish Conditions
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EUROfusion consortium member DIFFER has shared some exciting news! Their linear device Magnum PSI has broken some new ground again! Read on!

Unfreezable Defects
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New study reveals ground-breaking insights into neutron damage on superconducting magnets.

Long Read: Open Science - Part 2
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In part 2 we look at the people creating solutions for open science for EUROfusion.

JET researchers find ‘win-win’ scenario
Created by Richard Woodall |
last updated: 05/15/2020
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A vital discovery on how to force the extreme heatload away from a fusion reactor’s exhaust system while maintaining high performance has been...