Newsletter | 2007 July

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  Fusion Spin-Offs incite ESA Space Project

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  First Meeting of the Broader Approach Steering Committee

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  Awaking the passion for science

• European Master in Nuclear Fusion Science

  Last year a group of European universities together with Erasmus Mundus have set up a programme to encourage young scientists to engage in fusion research. The aim of the European Master in Nuclear Fusion Science and Engineering Physics (FUSIONEP) programme is to provide a high-level multinational research-oriented education in fusion-related [...]

• Future plans for EFDA

  At its latest meeting held in Otaniemi, Finland on 4-5 June 2007, the EFDA Steering Committee addressed a number of important matters. Key points on the very busy agenda were the outcome of the 2006 EFDA work programmes monitoring which was fairly positive, with significant progress in a number of [...]

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  Germany´s Industry prepares for ITER

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  Diamonds might become fusion scientists´ best friends

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  It´s Shutdown time

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  “Fairy tales might become true there in Europe”

• EU and Brazil aim for Strategic Partnership

  The European Commission has proposed to launch a Strategic Partnership with Brazil. “The Commission suggests establishing an agreement between Brazil and Euratom, the European Atomic Energy Community, along the lines of agreements already in place with other countries”, says a Cordis Press Release. The proposal identifies “a wide spectrum of [...]

• HSX Stellerator – Quasisymmetry at work

  New results from the Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, published in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters (PRL 98, 085002 (2007)) show that due to the unique design of the HSX, this device in fact loses less energy and by that overcomes a major [...]

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  Virtual Institute to build multiple flexible ECRH

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  First results of ASDEX Upgrade with an all-Tungsten wall

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  A letter from Prague

• Dutch government funds ITER-NL

  Niek Lopes Cardozo, Tony Donné To optimize the participation of both Dutch scientists and Dutch industry in ITER, FOM has formed a partnership with the National Technology Organisation (TNO), the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) and the Dutch Industry. This consortium, ITER-NL, covers the entire range of competences needed [...]

• Danish industry network focuses on Fusion

  Charlotte Sørensen, International Project Coordinator, Grundfos Management A/S Wishing to participate in the forefront of the technological development, some ten Danish companies have created a network group. The network was created a couple of years ago with the support of the Association EURATOM-Risø. Its defined goal is to seek and [...]

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  Climate change