Newsletter | 2010 December

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  EFDA sets up a Power Plant Physics & Technology Department

• EURATOM/IST Association celebrates 20th anniversary

  On 6th October, the Contract of Association Euratom/IST celebrated its 20th anniversary in Lisbon, Portugal. This occasion, twenty years ago, marked the birth of formal nuclear fusion research in Portugal. The anniversary was attended by more than 200 people and consisted of a plenary session held at the Congress Centre [...]

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  EFDA appoints new Task Force Leaders & Topical Group Chairs

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  EFDA welcomes new Head of Public Information

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  Outstanding scientists honoured

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  Fusion Expo in the heart of Brussels

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  Nitrogen as a potential remedy for power loads

• Fusion technology updates – the 26th SOFT conference

  Fusion researchers and engineers took a good look at the current state of fusion machines, engineering solutions and materials research at the 26th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) held in Porto, Portugal between 27th September and 1st October. The conference drew over 1,000 participants, including more than 200 industrial representatives [...]

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  Where does fusion research (Picture: IAEA, Woo Jae-Chun) stand?

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  Wendelstein 7-X current leads successfully tested

• Forschungszentrum Jülich combines energy and climate research

  The matter of fusion research at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) is embedded in a new organisational structure: On October 1st 2010 FZJ’s Plasma Physics department became part of the newly founded “Institute of Energy and Climate Research” (IEK). Here, scientists from the former Institute of Energy Research and the Institute of [...]

• RFX-mod reaches maximum plasma current

  Two million amperes. The 2010 experimental campaign of the RFX-mod reversed field pinch (RFP) experiment will also be remembered as a result of this number. It represents the maximum plasma current designed for the device, which has now been achieved for the first time. RFX-mod is the largest RFP experiment [...]

• EFDA during FP7 – Reinforced coordination of physics and technology in EU laboratories Part 7

  Training and career programme Fusion research is a long-term endeavour. When ITER starts operating in 2018, it will need a large number of very experienced scientists to fully exploit its capabilities. EFDA lays the foundation for future fusion research by promoting the next generation of scientists. With the start of [...]

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  JET vertical stabilisation successfully upgraded