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Newsletter | 2004 October

  • Competitiveness Council of Ministers

    At its session of 24th September 2004 in Brussels (Belgium), the Competitiveness Council of Ministers had an exchange of views on the line to take in the international negotiations on ITER, on the basis of information from the European Commission. The Commission was encouraged to pursue actively these negotiations with [...]

  • The French Research Minister visits Cadarache

    On September 30, Mr. François d’Aubert, the French Minister for Research, visited Cadarache and recalled the strong EU Competitiveness Council support to the proposal to host ITER in Cadarache. He expressed high optimism on the final choice of Cadarache as the ITER site while stressing the importance of a wide [...]

  • Janez Potocnik nominated as Member-designate of the European Commission 2004 – 2009

    “As a Commissioner I would ensure that we make the 2004 enlargement a success story and that an EU of 25 member states will continue to prosper and develop. One of the main challenges for the next Commission is to increase knowledge and combat ignorance of the EU and its [...]

  • Call for Participation in the 2005 JET Campaigns

    The JET Experimental Campaigns of 2005 are scheduled to begin next July following a long shutdown and restart and preparations are now well underway. In June 2004, the EFDA Steering Committee approved the 2005 JET Workprogramme (Revision 1) and appointed the leaders (http://users.jet.efda.org/pages/task-forces.html) for the nine Task Forces. On the [...]

  • Direct observation of fusion alpha particles in JET

    The deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reaction will be the energy source of a thermonuclear reactor: 2D + 3T -> 4He + 1n with 17.6 MeV energy gain released in the form of kinetic energy of the two products. The power for a self-sustained burning plasma will be provided by the slowing [...]

  • SOFT 2004 – the Fusion Community meets in Venice

    In September the biennial 23rd Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT-23) took place in Venice under the capable management of Association Euratom-ENEA. As the Fusion community has come to realise, this conference is now the premier conference on fusion technology. This year, this was demonstrated by an attendance of over 570 [...]

  • Delivering Sustainability: The World Energy Congress 2004

    The World Energy Congress takes place every three years and is the international showcase for discussing all topics concerning energy. Technical, economic, political and social issues can all be found in the long and interesting programme which brings together the expertise available worldwide in the field of energy. The 19th [...]