ITER achieves big vacuum vessel lift
The distance was short but the challenge daunting: on Thursday 5 May, the first section of the ITER plasma chamber was lifted 50 centimetres above its supports. What made this first-of-a-kind operation particularly delicate was the nature of the load (a 1,380-tonne, 18-metre-tall assembly) and the extreme precision its handling required.
Remembering ITER’s Bernard Bigot
Dr Bernard Bigot, Director-General of the worldwide fusion research project ITER, passed away on 14 May 2022 due to illness.
EUROfusion condemns war in Ukraine and initiates measures
Following European Commission guidelines, EUROfusion implements restrictive measures and sanctions against organisations in Russia and Belarus. The European consortium for fusion research EUROfusion is shocked by the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine. Reports out of Ukraine show a ruthless war being perpetrated by an aggressive foreign power. At EUROfusion, we condemn these acts of […]
Technology Transfer Award 2022
As part of the efforts to promote the use of fusion technologies and know-how, Fusion for Energy and In Extenso Innovation Croissance have launched a contest to highlight and reward achieved or on-going projects which integrate fusion solutions in other applications. A €10,000 prize to reward the exploitation of a fusion technology in the market […]
F4E Technology Transfer Day
Open to European companies, this event aims at connecting fusion technology providers with industries with the ambition to create new products and services based on technologies developed within fusion projects. For one day, participants will have the opportunity to discover recent innovations developed for the ITER project during webinars and/or attend prescheduled B2B meetings. Informations […]
Support for our Ukrainian colleagues
Our thoughts are with all our Ukrainian colleagues, their families and friends. In the first place we strongly wish that you all remain safe under these frightening conditions, and in the second place we wish to keep collaborating with you in the framework of EUROfusion for the sake of the joint European mission to deliver […]
EPFL and DeepMind use AI to control plasmas for nuclear fusion
Scientists at EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center and DeepMind have jointly developed a new method for controlling plasma configurations for use in nuclear fusion research.
Tritium campaign prepares JET for the real deal
To prepare the JET tokamak for unique experiments with the deuterium-tritium fuel planned for future fusion power plants, EUROfusion ran a dedicated campaign using only tritium.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On 11 February 2022, EUROfusion, as a member of EIROforum, celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.