Closer to the wall April 13, 2023 Member news, IPP (Germany) An accidental discovery at the IPP tokamak ASDEX-Upgrade could point the way to more compact fusion power plants.
Wendelstein 7-X reaches milestone February 27, 2023 Member news, IPP (Germany) Power plasma with gigajoule energy turnover generated for eight minutes
Taking fusion to the exascale December 20, 2022 Member news, IPP (Germany) European grant lets nuclear fusion simulations pioneer transition to exascale supercomputers
This discovery made ITER possible November 2, 2022 Member news, IPP (Germany) An unexpected plasma state discovered forty years ago opened the way to reaching fusion temperatures.
New solution to major fusion problem October 11, 2022 ÖAW (Austria), Member news, IPP (Germany) Current experiments and simulations show how to avoid destructive plasma instabilities in fusion reactors like ITER.
Wendelstein 7-X on the verge of new peak performance September 22, 2022 Member news, IPP (Germany) The W7-X stellarator has been significantly improved and will resume scientific experiments in autumn 2022.
The next Step for ASDEX Upgrade August 5, 2022 Member news, IPP (Germany) In a complex conversion project, Garching fusion experiment is being equipped with divertor coils for the first time.
On the way to the next stellarator generation July 15, 2022 Member news, IPP (Germany) At the Simons Workshop, international theorists discussed designing even better stellerators.
Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency August 13, 2021 Member news, IPP (Germany) Part of the optimisation strategy experimentally confirmed / energy losses of the plasma reduced