Newsletter | 2005 June
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ITER: the next steps (Competitiveness Council – 18 April 2005)
The Council welcomed the progress achieved together with all the partners, and notably the constructive meeting between Commissioner Potočnik and the Japanese Minister Nakayama on 12 April 2005. The Council reaffirmed its conclusions of November 2004. It recalled that the European Council on 22/23 March 2005 stressed the need to [...]
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Building the Europe of Knowledge: the EU’s Proposal for the 7th Research Framework Programme (2007 – 2013)
On 6 April the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU programme for Research. The proposal provides new impetus to increase Europe’s growth and competitiveness, recognising that knowledge is Europe’s greatest resource. The programme places greater emphasis than in the past on research that is relevant to the [...]
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Commissioner Potočnik opens Fusion Expo in Ljubljana
In its journey around Europe, presenting the progress of fusion research, the Fusion EXPO stopped for two weeks in Slovenia. The opening ceremony took place on March 21st, close to the birthday of Jožef Stefan, the great Slovenian scientist, whose name was taken by the leading research institute in Slovenia, [...]
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IPP Summer University for PlasmaPhysics 2005
From September 26 to 30 the Greifswald Branch of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) will host the “IPP Summer University for Plasma Physics”. The course will cover the main aspects of plasma physics with emphasis on nuclear fusion. Lectures will also be offered on industrial plasma applications, [...]
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Second Workshop on Stochasticity in Fusion Plasmas
More than 50 scientists from 10 countries came to Jülich (Germany) between March the 14th and 17th 2005 to discuss recent progress in the understanding of stochastic phenomena in nuclear fusion. The series of international workshops on “Stochasticity in Fusion Plasmas” (SFP) has been initiated by the Research Centre Jülich [...]
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EFDA Releases its Conceptual Study on Commercial Fusion Power Plants
In April, EFDA released the final report of the European Fusion Power Plant Conceptual Study (PPCS). The study examined four plant models, all based on the tokamak concept. The results for two models suggest that a first commercial fusion power plant, one that would be accessible by a “fast track” [...]
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Launch of Enhancements for a possible use of JET beyond 2006
At its 27th meeting, held in Cascais, Portugal, on 4 April 2005, the EFDA Steering Committee approved the launch of 3 projects for upgrading JET, as part of a proposed “JET programme in support of ITER”. This programme had received a very positive support from the EFDA Scientific and Technical [...]
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President of the National Commission for Nuclear Energy of Brazil visits JET
On the 18th of April, Dr Odair Dias Gonçalves, President of the National Commission for Nuclear Energy of Brazil, Dr Paulo Wrobel, Adviser of Science and Technology, Embassy of Brazil and Minister Ana Maria Sampaio Fernandes, Head of Economic and Commercial Sector of the Embassy visited the JET facility. Dr [...]
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The ITER-like Wall Project at JET
One of the main challenges for ITER, and for fusion reactors, is the compatibility between a reactor-grade plasma and the first wall. The first wall requirements are that it must not contaminate the plasma and degrade performance, while the plasma must neither damage the wall nor shorten its lifetime. Limited [...]
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Studies of hydrocarbon ion collisions with carbon surfaces in the Association EURATOM-IPP.CR
Plasma-wall interactions represent an important aspect in operation of fusion devices. Hyperthermal plasma particles may collide with solid surfaces such as limiters or divertors eroding the material by chemical and physical processes. Earlier data on chemical erosion of graphic material under the effect of hydrogen discharge (simulating conditions of the [...]
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The Italian Scientific Culture Week
The 15th edition of the “Scientific Culture Week” promoted by the Education, University and Research Ministry took place in Italy between the 14th and 20th of March. These events are considered important as they promote and test the ambitious project of the Government in its promise to guarantee a certified [...]
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EIROforum presents its Paper “Towards a Europe of Knowledge and Innovation”
On April 20, EIROforum, a collaboration between seven European intergovernmental scientific research organisations (CERN, EFDA, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ILL), presented to EU Science and Research Commissioner Dr. Janez Potočnik their joint paper “Towards a Europe of Knowledge and Innovation”. This forward-looking document sets out comprehensive proposals for the future [...]
