Rapt audience members watch Luca Snoj's lecture

Slovenian crowds get to the heart of ITER and JET

Ljubljana, Slovenia: A public lecture about fusion, including a live feed from JET and ITER, has lecture theatres overflowing.

The neutron source safely encased in a one tonne polythene container is lowered into the remote handling transfer facility

Neutron calibration completed

It’s a tricky process making sure you are measuring your fusion power correctly.

Keith Musgrave oversees the management of all the IP created by JET.

Creativity and the next generation

The vast quantity of knowledge created at JET is in safe hands, easily accessible for future fusion scientists.

Ten years ago ten new countries joined the European Union.

10 new countries

Major changes were afoot for EFDA ten years ago, as ten countries signed a treaty to join the European Union.

Mystery of the sun - kids book on fusion

The Mystery of the Sun – Children’s book on Fusion

A children’s story about the quest for fusion power. Two kids, Philip and Sophia, want to know what makes the sun shine – join them as they learn about all the different types of energy, especially nuclear fusion, which powers the sun. Filmed at JET, in Oxfordshire UK, the world’s [...]

Luca Garzotti (left) and Eva Belonohy in the JET control room

EFDA trainees kick goals

An injection of new talent into tokamak operations around Europe comes about thanks to EFDA’s goal-oriented training.

CCFE's Joana Silva explains fusion to a rapt audience at the Big Bang Fair

Fusion occurs in Big Bang

Thousands of students thronged to CCFE’s stand at the Big Bang Science Fair in London

A dramatic moment from DIFFER's fusion roadshow

Fusion Road Show

DIFFER’s Fusion Road Show, Netherlands: 600 people listening breathlessly, screaming ‘oh’ and ‘ah’ during the experiments.

Achieving fusion depends on three parameters

Lawson’s three criteria

In the fifties it seemed nearly impossible, but we are on the brink of creating the conditions for fusion power

Korean Delegation visits EFDA Garching

Bridging the gap

“Gap“ was a much-used word in a talk given by G.S. Lee on February 18 at EFDA in Garching, Germany. Lee, who had already helped establishing the South-Korean fusion programme, leads the country’s activities towards a demonstration fusion reactor DEMO.