First observation of how fusion keeps itself hot boosts confidence in ITER and future fusion power plants
Researchers from the EUROfusion consortium announced scientific results from their record-breaking experimental campaign at the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion facility in 2021. These results, announced at the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference in London, include the first direct observations of alpha heating, the process by which the fusion reaction can keep its fuel hot. Other important results include control techniques to protect the walls of fusion machines, heating techniques, and ways to recover fusion fuel absorbed in the walls of the machine. The work will prove crucial to operate future fusion experimental machines such as ITER and demonstrates the potential of fusion as a future energy source, say the researchers.
Ten talented scientists receive the EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher grants
The EUROfusion consortium for the realisation of fusion energy has awarded ten EUROfusion “Bernard Bigot” Researcher Grants (ERG) to talented post-doctoral researchers across Europe. The ERG grants enable early-career researchers to develop innovative ideas and techniques to advance EUROfusion’s Roadmap to Fusion Energy.
Aspiring scientist visits JET
Each year, EUROfusion offers a visit to the JET facilities at UKAEA for one of the winners of the EUCYS Young Scientists Contest. Meet this year’s winner, physics student Patricia González Piquero at the Complutense University of Madrid as she travels to Culham to see the sights!
Four decades of revolutionary progress in fusion
EUROfusion proudly commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Joint European Torus’ (JET) first plasma, a remarkable milestone for the world’s largest and most advanced fusion research tokamak that has consistently set records and propelled our understanding of fusion science.
WEST completes intense experimental campaign
This month, WEST donned a suit of lights to celebrate the finalization of 14 weeks of an “intense experimental campaign” with its full ITER-like tungsten divertor.
ENEA, EUROfusion and Cineca signed agreement to develop a new 50 million euro supercomputing service in Italy
ENEA, EUROfusion and CINECA signed an agreement which provides for an investment of 50 million euros over 5 years to build a latest generation supercomputer for fusion energy research.
UM and MCST join forces to represent Malta within the EUROfusion programme
Malta’s participation within the EUROfusion programme was announced in an event held at the Villa Bighi chapel, in Kalkara on Friday 28 April 2023. The University of Malta together with the Malta Council for Science and Technology, represented by Rector, Prof. Alfred J. Vella, and MCST Chairperson, Dr Tonio Portughese, respectively, addressed those present in […]
New discovery points the way to more compact fusion power plants
An accidental discovery at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) might let fusion researchers bring their 100-million-degree plasma far closer to the wall of their tokamak devices. The finding was published in the prominent journal Physical Review Letters and could make it possible to build smaller and cheaper fusion reactors for energy production.
Using fusion to track groundwater flows
PhD graduate Ricky van Kampen at DIFFER developed a smart and fast technique to determine parameters that describe transport processes. That let him predict how heat and particles spread through a fusion reactor, but also how polluted groundwater can flow into a river.