Newsletter | 2006 October
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JET enhancement projects receive go-ahead
At the EFDA Steering Committee held in Barcelona on the 14th of July, the JET enhancements projects (EP2) received the final approval. The EP2 projects form a coherent set of enhancements that comprises the installation of a wall in JET that uses the same mix of materials (beryllium and tungsten) [...]
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Chinese tokamak EAST achieves first plasma
The EAST superconducting tokamak, based at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefei, China, achieved its first plasma discharge on September 27th. The plasma current reached up to 220 kA, and the maximum pulse length was 2.7 seconds. EAST, which is the most advanced [...]
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Educating engineers for ITER
In order to reinforce the engineering capabilities needed for ITER construction, EURATOM has implemented a European Fusion Training Scheme (EFTS), especially covering areas that are critical for the construction of ITER components. These areas are material technology, fuel cycle, remote handling, superconducting magnets, electron cyclotron and the ion cyclotron systems. [...]
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ITER — “We need the best people we can find”
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Compass-D moves to the Czech Republic
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US Domestic Agency team completed
A 12-member-team of scientists and engineers has been chosen to manage the United States’ contribution to ITER. The Team will be headed by Dr. Ned Sauthoff, who has joined ORNL after completing a distinguished career at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he served as U.S. ITER’s planning officer for 18 [...]
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Australian scientists voice interest in ITER
A group of more than 100 scientists and engineers have formed the Australian ITER Forum, which aims to develop the case for an Australian role in the ITER project, both by participation and by the formation of an International Centre of Research Excellence in Fusion-Related Research. With Federal Government support, [...]
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European Commission outlines proposed Joint Undertaking for the European contribution to the ITER fusion energy project
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Tungsten Coatings for the JET ITER-like Wall Project
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ITER Deputy Director Generals appointed
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Italian RFX-mod experiment demonstrates active MHD control
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Report on the 24th SOFT conference
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Fire-fighter or fusion scientist?
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Bringing fusion to the classroom
Since 2004, selected scientists and special skilled staff of the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching tour around schools and kindergartens in the Munich region, teaching pupils the basics of fusion. But, first of all Dr. Elisabeth Wolfrum and her colleague Dr. Axel Kampke bring the kids down to earth. [...]
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Using a professional actor
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New Educational Poster
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The lost story of the Russian scientist Oleg Lavrentiev
