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  EFDA during FP7 – Reinforced coordination of physics and technology in EU laboratories Part 4

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  Outstanding scientists honoured at the EPS conference

• New Heads of Research Units in Greece and the Netherlands

  On 16 July 2009 Tony Donné was appointed Head of the Research Unit of the Dutch Fusion Association (Association Euratom FOM), replacing Niek Lopes-Cardozo. As of 2006, Tony Donné has been deputy head of the fusion research department of FOM Rijnhuizen. He looks back on a long history of working [...]

• ITPA coordinating committee met in Cadarache on 15th-16th July 2009

  The International Tokamak Physics Activities (ITPA) coordinates various physics activities around the world, addressing key topics important to ITER construction and operation. ITPA comprises 250 representatives from the world’s tokamak facilities. It is organised into seven topical groups, overseen by a coordinating committee. The committee met in Cadarache on July [...]

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  Successful testing of the Dutch “Seek and Destroy” system for magnetic islands

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  Ti-Doped graphite as alternative material to CFC for ITER

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  Milestones reached as part of the LHCD projects at Tore Supra and FTU

• New results regarding the effectiveness of LHCD at Frascati

  At the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU), scientists are investigating the effectiveness of Lower Hybrid Current Drives (LHCD) for driving plasma current. Recent experiments show that efficiency appears to decrease with increasing plasma density faster than theoretically predicted. Some concern has therefore been raised as to whether LHCD is a method [...]

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  Fusion supercomputer started operating in August

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  Fusion research in Brazil

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  Getting a feel for ITER by taking JET to its limits

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  Discovery of the new improved helical plasma state at RFX makes Nature Physics cover