Robotic snake solves pipework challenge May 30, 2022 Member news, UKAEA (U.K.) A new laser-welding ‘robotic snake’ has demonstrated capability to operate inside of fusion energy powerplant pipework
AI to control plasmas for nuclear fusion February 16, 2022 Member news, SPC (Switzerland) EPFL’s SPC and DeepMind have jointly developed a new method for controlling plasma configurations.
December 1, 2021 Member news, UKAEA (U.K.) At the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland featured fusion energy for the first time
Successful first experiment with Upgraded Pilot-PSI October 15, 2021 Member news, DIFFER (The Netherlands) The Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP) is Dutch EUROfusion consortium member DIFFER’s new facility
A Sandblaster at the Atomic Level September 24, 2021 ÖAW (Austria), Member news How treatment with ion beams depends on the roughness of the surface.
An actively cooled divertor for WEST September 17, 2021 Member news, CEA (France) The WEST tokamak has just installed an actively cooled tungsten divertor as its main plasma-facing component.
Artificial Intelligence helps nuclear fusion September 16, 2021 Member news, IST (Portugal) Artificial intelligence helps tame instabilities in hot plasmas.
Fusion research in the Czech Republic: endings and beginnings September 15, 2021 Member news, IPP.CR (Czech Republic) A new era of fusion research begins in the Czech Republic
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