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Newsletter | 2004 June

  • EU Enlargement: New Partnerships in Fusion

    1 May 2004: day one for the enlarged European Union! Ten more countries have joined the EU: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia. Bulgaria and Romania hope to do so in 2007. After earlier expansions from 6 to 15 members, we [...]

  • Integration of New and Recent Partners to the EURATOM Fusion Programme

    Bulgaria (L. Popova, I. Zhelyazkov) “We intend to participate for example in Monte Carlo calculations for particle collisions in the core, SOL and with plasma facing surfaces on specific time scales, and development of manufacture methods for metal and ceramic components.” IPP Czech Republic (P. Chraska, P. Pavlo, J. Stockel, [...]

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    Slovakia (M. Polak , J. Skalny) “This is an excellent occasion especially for our young PhD students and postdocs to participate in a modern and cutting edge programme. This is a chance for all our research teams to find partners for collaboration. This is the best way we can contribute [...]

  • Annual meeting of the Research Union Swedish Association (RUSA)

    The meeting was attended by about sixty scientists, mainly from the Swedish research institutes. Amongst these, the Alfvén Laboratory of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, the Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, the Association EURATOM-VR, Stockholm, Studsvik Nuclear in Studsvik. Prof. V. Smirnov, director of the Kurchatov Institute, [...]

  • Symposium on Fusion Energy at Risø National Laboratory, Denmark

    On 24th of March 2004 a symposium on fusion energy was organised by the Association EURATOM-Risø. The programme contained four 45 minute talks and finally a debate on fusion energy among the audience and speakers. The audience of approximately 65 persons came from industry, the ministries, newspapers, universities, the general [...]

  • The Hungarian EURATOM Association steps into the EU

    Fusion physics research The Association takes part mostly in experimental fusion research at various European experiments. The scientific programme is centered around three topics: use of neutral particle beams for plasma diagnostics, ablation of pellets in the plasma and study of plasma turbulence. As Association-HAS does not have a fusion [...]

  • First Technical Meeting on X-ray tomography of nuclear materials at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK)

    The study of materials plays a key role in the development of a fusion reactor. These studies are also important for other sectors, such as fission reactors, nuclear waste, etc. In particular, the microstructure of the materials and its changes under neutron irradiation, especially in the presence of gas production [...]

  • The Swiss Secretary of State for Science and Research visits JET

    On May 7th, the Swiss Secretary of Science and Research, Dr. C. Kleiber accompanied by MM. C. Fischer, member of his Cabinet, and L. Berg, Head of Science and Technology at the Swiss Embassy in London, visited the JET facility. The Swiss delegation was welcomed by the EFDA Leader, Prof. [...]

  • Fusion research celebrates JET’s 25th anniversary

    On Thursday 20 May MM. Philippe Busquin, European Commissioner for Research, the French Ambassador and the French Minister for Research and many other personalities gathered at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire (UK) to celebrate JET’s continuing role in the international quest for fusion power. 2004 is not only the 25th [...]