Newsletter | 2005 August
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IT ‘ S CADARACHE !
French President J.Chirac visits Cadarache French President J.Chirac was accompanied by the French Minister for Education and Research, G.de Robien in his visit to the ITER construction site in Cadarache on 30th June. In his speech the French President underlined that ITER opens important perspectives for the new generations in [...]
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Excerpts from the Statement by EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik (Moscow, 28th June 2005)
Today we are making history in terms of international scientific cooperation. After long and difficult negotiations, the six parties to the international negotiations on the ITER fusion research project, meeting in Moscow, have decided that ITER should be located at the site proposed by the EU – Cadarache in southern [...]
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But, … what is ITER ?
ITER is the experimental step between today’s studies of plasma physics and tomorrow’s electricity-producing fusion power plants. It is based around a plasma operating at about 100 million degrees producing a fusion power of about 500 MW. ITER will generate ten times the power that has to be provided to [...]
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18th Association Day of the Association EURATOM-ÖAW
On 23rd June 2005 the Association EURATOM- ÖAW organized the annual Association Day on Plasma Physics at the Technical University in Graz. At this meeting Austrian research groups presented their current contributions to the physics programme and recent results. Guest lectures were given by Dr.B. Unterberg (FZ Jülich) on the [...]
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Dr Fidel Castro Diaz Balart visits JET
Dr Fidel Castro Diaz Balart, the Scientific Adviser to the President of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba visited JET, as part of his visit to the UK integrated in the Cuba Initiative with the aim of identifying ways in which to enhance UK/Cuban cooperation in scientific [...]
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Enhancements for a possible use of JET beyond 2006: the Neutral Beam Enhancement Project
The upgrade of the JET neutral beam system will allow significant advances in optimising ITER scenarios, such as the ELMy H-mode, the Improved H-mode and Advanced Scenarios. In particular, higher power operation in JET will also contribute to the development of high density scenarios compatible with a metallic wall as [...]
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Divertor Vertical Target Prototype manufactured by Hot Radial Pressing
The Association EURATOM-ENEA (Frascati, Italy), in collaboration with the industrial company CSM S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), has recently completed the manufacturing of a medium scale prototype of the ITER divertor vertical target. This achievement culminates several years of R&D efforts aimed at developing alternative manufacturing technologies for the high heat flux [...]
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32nd EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets
From the 27th of June to the 1st of July, the Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión (Asociación EURATOM-CIEMAT para Fusión) and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili hosted the “32nd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics and 8th International Workshop on Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets” in Tarragona, Spain. The meeting [...]
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Europeans support more money for EU research
Two Eurobarometer reports were published early June by the European Commission. According to them, 71% of EU citizens agree that collaborative research at EU level is growing in importance and 59% consider that the EU should spend more money on scientific research. 64% of Europeans agree that our economy can [...]
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Fusion-Industry Workshop (Madrid, Spain, 1-2 June 2005)
A two day workshop took place in Madrid on 1-2 June, bringing together representatives from the Fusion Programme including Associations and industry. The event was an initiative of the European Commission, hosted by the EURATOM-CIEMAT Fusion Association. This workshop was an important element in the process conducted by the Commission [...]
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Yves Poitevin receives Miya-Abdou Fusion Nuclear Technology (FNT) Award
At the ISFNT-07 conference (Tokyo, 22-27 May 2005), Y. Poitevin (EFDACSU Garching), P. Barabaschi (ITER) and T. Hirai (Forschungszentrum Jülich- Germany) received the Miya-Abdou FNT Award 2005 for their special achievements in advancing fusion nuclear technology. Yves Poitevin was given the award in recognition of his outstanding technical contributions to [...]
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Preparing the future: the Carolus Magnus Summer School on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics
In September 2005 about 50 participants will gather in the Mechelerhof (Mechelen, The Netherlands) for the seventh edition of the Carolus Magnus Summer School (CMSS) on Plasma and Fusion Energy Physics, a 2-week training event. Typically 60 lectures are given, the didactic material of which is subsequently published in a [...]
