“I have heard that with fusion we can have our own stars”

Press release: Thermonuclear fusion is currently considered by all the most advanced countries as one of the best options for guaranteeing a large-scale, safe, environmentally friendly and practically inexhaustible source of energy.
EUROfusion signs Horizon Europe Grant Agreement

With the signing of the official Grant Agreement, the EUROfusion consortium is ready to start its new, comprehensive approach to developing fusion energy.
Malta joins the EUROfusion programme

EUROfusion was founded on the idea that realising fusion energy will take the best efforts of as many experts as we can include. And so it is with great pleasure that we welcome our new Consortium Member: the University of Malta!
How Switzerland and the UK stayed part of EUROfusion

Two of our members discovered that new political realities prevented them from directly joining EUROfusion under the EU new seven-year funding programme Horizon Europe. We spoke our UK and Swiss partners about how collaboration within the consortium has enabled them to continue as part of the European fusion programme nonetheless.
Taking fusion to COP26

Fusion energy was on the agenda for the first time ever at the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier in November.
Joining the fusion debate at COP26

Is fusion energy part of the climate change discussion? It is now! Prof. Sibylle Günter reflects on taking part in a panel discussion about fusion at the UN Climate Change Conference COP26.
Successful first experiment with Upgraded Pilot-PSI

The first experiment with Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP), DIFFER’s new facility, has been performed in September by master student Parwez Rasulyaar and the Plasma Material Interactions group. The machine will be the first to couple high flux plasma with an ion beam, bringing two of DIFFER’s expertises together in one machine.
A Sandblaster at the Atomic Level

From semiconductors to moon rocks: Many materials are treated with ion beams. A research group at TU Wien has now been able to explain how this process depends on the roughness of the surface.
An actively cooled divertor for WEST

The WEST tokamak has just installed an actively cooled tungsten divertor as its main plasma-facing component, based on technology similar to that of ITER. This very important milestone was reached thanks to a collective and collaborative effort. It paves the way for WEST operation over long periods (up to 1000s) with high levels of heat […]