JET’s final fusion campaigns set a new energy record and hand ITER a legacy of irreplaceable data
Europe’s flagship tokamak closes four decades of operation with its third and final deuterium-tritium campaign, delivering results that will underpin ITER and the first fusion power plants. A unique machine, a unique opportunity JET, the Joint European Torus at Culham (UK), is – together with the USA’s now-shutdown TFTR – the only tokamak up to […]
Successful 2026 EUROfusion Integrated Modelling In-Person Team Meeting at Culham
In 2026, EUROfusion launched a new Work Package on Theory and Modelling (WPTM) as part of its 2026–2027 research programme. WPTM operates within the E-TASC (EUROfusion Theory and Advanced Simulation Coordination) ecosystem. It works in close collaboration with the Digital Solutions for Fusion Office, the experimental Work Packages—essential for model validation—and under the guidance of […]
New facility in Denmark will let engineers test robots in handling key fusion components
Earlier this summer, the University of Southern Denmark opened a new large-scale robotics centre in Odense. This is where EUROfusion will address one of the main unresolved engineering challenges on the path to commercial fusion power: using robots to remove radioactive components from a fusion reactor. After plasma operations begin inside a fusion reactor, its […]
EUROfusion steps up to lead Europe’s biggest science conversation
From 1 July, EUROfusion will assume the presidency of EIROforum, a collective of Europe’s largest scientific research organisations. Over the coming year, EUROfusion will chair the forum and help steer discussions on key priorities shaping the future of science in Europe – from the next Multiannual Financial Framework and science in a complex geopolitical landscape, […]
Europe Advances Stellarator Fusion Research with the Launch of Project WISER
Europe is widely regarded as the global leader in stellarator research and reactor development, thanks to decades of sustained investment and the operation of world-leading experimental devices such as Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and Spain’s TJ-II. Within the European Fusion Program, first through EFDA (European Fusion Development Agreement) and later through EUROfusion, fusion laboratories across Europe […]
A divertor spectroscopic imaging diagnostic of the plasma emission being installed in JT-60SA
The international collaboration supporting the JT-60SA tokamak project, implemented under the Broader Approach Agreement between Euratom and Japan, is celebrating the successful completion of the procurement and delivery of the Divertor Vacuum Ultra Violet (DivVUV) spectrometer system in Naka, Japan. This innovative diagnostic tool, is essential for monitoring plasma impurities and studying the physics of […]
Applications Open for the 2027 EUROfusion Engineering Grants
EUROfusion has opened applications for its 2027 Engineering Grants programme, supporting the education and development of a new generation of fusion engineers. These 2-year grants are aimed at young engineers with a Master and/or PhD degree working in or entering the EUROfusion programme. Around 14 grants are expected to be awarded. The grants support career […]
Shaping the future of fusion science: Yevgen Kazakov nominated as new JT-60SA Experiment Leader for Europe
JT-60SA continues to strengthen its scientific programme as Europe and Japan prepare the next phase of experimental work on the world’s largest operating tokamak. Significant changes have recently taken place within the JT-60SA leadership team, including the appointment of former European Experiment Leader, Jeronimo Garcia, as the new Project Leader. In this context, Yevgen Kazakov […]
Defining Key Physics Gaps towards stellarator reactor
Wendelstein 7-X, the stellarator experiment in Greifswald, Germany, has built on knowledge gained from its predecessors to demonstrate the strong potential of the stellarator concept as a reactor path. This has sparked significantly greater interest across the fusion community in stellarator-based fusion reactors – leading to a wave of start-ups in Europe, the US, and […]