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Newsletter | 2005 April

  • Competitiveness Council – 7 March 2005

    The Council took note of the information given by Dr. Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Research, on the progress report of the international negotiations relating to the future construction of an international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER). The Council will reconsider this question at its next meeting on April 18. For a [...]

  • Commissioner Potočnik opens fusion expo in Ljubljana

    On 21 March, the Open Days of the Josef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia) were launched, including an exhibition of European fusion by the European Commission. This exhibition presents interactive exhibits, information and a 3D film on the European research programme on fusion energy. Slovenia (and Poland) will this year [...]

  • Commissioner Potočnik visits JET

    The European Commissioner for Research, Dr. Janez Potočnik, made his first visit to the JET facilities on 3 March together with Members of Cabinet, Mr. Matjaz Malgaj, Mrs. Charlotte Haentzel and his spokeswoman Mrs. Antonia Mochan. The Commissioner was given a presentation by Prof. Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith (Chairman of [...]

  • The Portuguese Secretary of State for Science and Innovation visited JET

    On February 4 the Portuguese Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, Mr. Pedro Sampaio Nunes and the Head of his Cabinet, Mr. Pedro Cardoso e Cunha, visited the JET facility. Mr. Sampaio Nunes was welcomed by Dr. Jérôme Paméla, the EFDA Associate Leader for JET, Prof. Carlos Varandas, the [...]

  • Fusion in the European Parliament

    In the week of 24-28 of January the European Parliament was the scene of a fusion dinner- debate and an exhibition on ITER and fusion energy. The events were organised by M. Beurskens of the Association EURATOM FOM-Rijnhuizen (The Netherlands), together with K.-H. Steuer and S. Girten of the Association [...]

  • Finland launches major initiative in support of ITER remote maintenance

    On the 22 February 2005 VTT Industrial Systems hosted a press conference to announce the launch of a Remote Operation Virtual Reality Centre (ROViR) to be set up in VTT’s Tampere site. ROViR is being established as a joint venture between VTT Industrial Systems and TUT IHA (Tampere University of [...]

  • The DTP2 facility

    Within the framework of the ITER EDA, the subject of remote exchange of the ITER divertor has almost entirely been dealt with by the EU and the development and supply of divertor remote handling (RH) equipment is expected to be a 100% EU contribution to ITER. Prior to July 1998 [...]

  • Course on “Global and local control of tokamak plasmas”

    The course, taking place on November 8-14 2005 is aimed at training scientists and engineers by giving an exhaustive presentation of arguments and projects related to control of thermonuclear plasmas. There will be also time for discussions, analysis and comparisons of different lines and solutions in a relaxed and friendly [...]

  • 5th Public Information Group meeting at CEA Cadarache

    The European Union and Japan are still deadlocked over where to build ITER, the world’s largest nuclear fusion facility. But the European flag has already been flown on the proposed European ITER site at Cadarache, when the Public Information Officers met to discuss tools and plans to prepare a good [...]

  • Fusion Road Show nominated for European Descartes Prize

    The Fusion Road Show of Prof. Niek Lopes Cardozo (Association EURATOM FOM-Rijnhuizen, The Netherlands) has been nominated as one of the five finalists in the category “Innovative action for science communication” of the Descartes Prize for Science Communication. Beginning in 2004, the prize – with a total of 250.000 prize [...]

  • EFDA Brochures in different languages

    Fusion Energy, ITER, JET, – these are topics you would like to know more about? Our EFDA brochures have been available in English so far and have been updated now. Because of a great demand some of them were also translated into other languages. All brochures can be ordered online [...]