WEST passes milestone of 10,000 plasma shots
After producing its first plasmas at the end of 2016, the French superconducting tokamak WEST has just crossed the milestone of 10,000 plasma pulses at 5:40 p.m. on Friday March 29th. “It hasn’t always been a smooth road getting here, but that’s the charm of operating a machine like WEST!”, shares the team on their website.
Fusion communicators inspired by WEST and ITER
At EUROfusion’s annual FuseCOM meeting from 20-22 March 2024, 23 fusion communicators and 8 science journalists visited the ITER and CEA fusion facilities near Aix-en-Provence, France. Participants unanimously praised the visit for helping them understand and explain the immense scale of fusion science.
Young scientist contest winners visit EUROfusion
Every year, European research member organisations of EIROforum offer a visit to one of their research facilities as one of the prizes on offer at the EUCYS European high school student competition. Irakli Veshapeli and Anastasia Bolkvadze, winners of the EUROfusion prize visited the ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak in Garching bei München in the first week of spring to discover fusion, astronomy and meet a childhood hero.
“JET has created a real fusion community”
On Wednesday 28 February hundreds of fusion experts gathered from across the world in Culham, UK, to celebrate four decades of scientific operations at the Joint European Torus (JET). Joining them was fusion expert Sara Moradi, who learned how to operate a tokamak at JET and has since become deputy leader of the EUROfusion Fusion Science Department. We asked her to collect as many photos and experiences as she could and share them here.
Standing Ovation for JET Inventor
A touching moment warmed the hearts of many when the inventor of the Joint European Torus (JET) was greeted with a resounding ovation at Wednesday’s JET Celebration Day event at Culham Campus.
Fusion energy facility JET demonstrates use of laser-based diagnostic to monitor tritium
Fusion energy scientists and engineers at the Joint European Torus (JET) have developed a world leading method involving lasers to release and measure tritium trapped in fusion energy tokamaks.
Pioneering JET delivers final plasma
The Joint European Torus (JET) has performed its final experiments, marking the end of a 40-year era for the groundbreaking machine.
Bridge builder Tony Donné looks back on career as a fusion researcher
Tony Donné has devoted his entire working life to fusion research. First in scientific roles in the Netherlands, and for the past nine years as head of the European research consortium EUROfusion. In December, Tony will take his leave and retire. We look back on his impressive career.
Sixteen EUROfusion Engineering Grants awarded to outstanding early-career engineers
The EUROfusion Engineering Grants (EEGs) aim to attract top early-career engineering talent to work on key technological challenges and develop skills that are essential to the European fusion programme.