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  Turbulence in all its Beauty

• EU and Japan sign Agreement on Broader Approach

  On February 5 the EU and the Japanese government signed the “Broader Approach“ agreement. The cooperation aims to complement the ITER Project and to accelerate the realisation of fusion energy as a clean and sustainable energy source, by carrying out R&D and developing some advanced technologies for a future demonstration [...]

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  Prototype for ITER Cryopump

• Preparation of ITER site started

  The preparation of the ITER site started on January 29. By October 2007, part of an area of 180 hectares next to the Cadarache site will be prepared under the supervision of the Agence ITER France, for the construction of ITER. Great care has been taken to minimize the environmental [...]

• IBM to build new Supercomputer for Max Planck Society

  One of Germany‘s most prestigious science institutions, the Max Planck Society, has selected IBM to build a powerful new supercomputer devoted to solving the grand challenges of science. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching will use the new system for realistic simulations of turbulence in [...]

• It´s now or never

  Following the recently published report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), temperatures are going to increase by 1.8-4C by the end of the century. It also projected that sea levels were most likely to rise by 28-43cm, and global warming was likely to influence the intensity of tropical [...]

• Pascal Garin nominated IFMIFEVEDA Project Leader

  The Deputy Director of the Agence ITER France and former leader of the European ITER Site Studies, Pascal Garin, has been nominated Leader of the IFMIF-EVEDA project. The Engineering Validation and Engineering design Activities (EVEDA) of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) is part of the Broader Approach Agreement [...]

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  Fusion meets Economy

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  On the test-stand for ITER

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  Bringing the Sun into School

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  Fusion in the backyard

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  Summer University for Plasma Physics and Fusion Research

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  Divertor Test Platform being built in Tampere

• Italian ITER Industry Workshop

  This January, one hundred and eighty participants, representing industrial companies from all over Italy, gathered in Villa Tuscolana in Frascati to attend the “Presentation of ITER Project to Italian Industry”. The event was organized by ENEA with the objective of informing Italian industry on the present status of ITER and [...]

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  PREFIT Kick-off Meeting

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  50 Years of Fusion Research at KFA Jülich

• New Avenues for European Fusion Research

  In order to maintain the expertise that has placed the EU fusion programme at the forefront of international research on fusion energy, the European fusion research community, the FP7 Euratom Workprogramme 2007, has made provision for three Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) on fusion data management, material research and educational [...]

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  Carlos Varandas

• Fusion — Power for Future Generations

  The CD “Fusion — Power for Future Generations”, produced by EFDA, is now available in seven languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Hungarian. The CD explains the basics of nuclear fusion and the principle of a fusion power plant. It also provides videos and photographs of the Joint [...]