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• China and the US as New Partners in the ITER Project

  For the fusion community an historic milestone was achieved at the Eighth ITER Negotiations Meeting on February 18-19, 2003 in St. Petersburg (Russian Federation), when delegations from the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America joined those from Canada, the European Union, Japan and the Russian Federation [...]

• European candidate sites for ITER confirmed

  After the Spanish Government formally offered Vandellos as a possible ITER site on 17th April 2002 (see Newsletter Vol. 2002/2), the French Government confirmed its proposal for siting ITER in Cadarache at a meeting held in Paris on 30th January 2003 under the Presidency of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Claudie [...]

• ITER: Important Topic at Competitiveness Councils

  On March 3, 2003 Commissioner Busquin presented the state of play of the negotiations on the ITER project at the Competitiveness Council in Brussels (Belgium). A full progress report will be presented at the forthcoming Competitiveness Council on 12-13 May. Commissioner Busquin underlined two issues, which have still to be [...]

• The US Fusion Community and Industry are ready for ITER

  EFDA Newsletter (E.N.): The US withdrew from the ITER project in 1998, but has been still participating in the testing of the Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC), a pulsed superconducting magnet, through a bilateral agreement with Japan. Now as the US decides to rejoin the ITER project, what could be [...]

• Better collaboration, better support, a better future – the Chinese fusion community is looking forward to joining ITER

  EFDA Newsletter (E.N.): In 1250 the Venetian Marco Polo travelled to China and thus opened the trade between China and the West. Do you think that, in the same way, ITER could be the way to start a high-tech collaboration between China and the West? Huo Yuping (H.Y.): Yes, I [...]

• First Full Scale EU Prototype Primary First Wall Panels for ITER

  The ITER project is considering two shield module design options (A and B) for the shield blanket, as described in the Final Design Report issued in July 2001. The outer dimensions of the modules and the interfaces to the rest of the machine are the same for both options. The [...]

• Improved measurements of current density and electric field on JET

  The active control of plasma profiles, such as pressure and current density, is key to the realisation of steady state operation on ITER and is an important area of research on JET. Control requires accurate measurements and, recently, the measurement of the plasma current density on JET has been improved [...]

• Candidate Countries: New Impetus in Fusion

  Next year, the EU is set to expand from 15 to 25 member states, with further countries joining a few years later. As part of their preparations for membership, the candidate countries are already participating in many EU activities. In the field of research, the enlargement is already a reality. [...]

• Energy Choices: “China wants to be the first nation to generate electricity from fusion.”

  This was the startling message from Professor J. Li at the “Energy Choices for Europe” conference, which was held in Brussels (Belgium), on March 5, 2003.The one day cross party conference was organised by Touchstone Europe and sponsored by European Industry with an interest in energy including EFET (European Fusion [...]

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  China and the US as New Partners in the ITER Project For the full text of the press release please see our website: http://www.efda.org The JASS Report can be found on: http://www.iter.org/jass Further information: http://www.energy.gov/HQPress/releases03/janpr/pr03026_v.htm   European candidate sites for ITER confirmed Find the full text on: http://www.recherche.gouv.fr/discours/2003/enprojetiter.htm If you [...]