Fusion News

PPPL By Raphael Rosen | November 11, 2016 Physicists from around the world gathered at the University of California, Irvine this past summer for a symposium in honor of Wei-li Lee, a senior physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The week-long event, held from July 18-22, focused on … Read more

Iranian Diplomacy 12 November 2016 Iran’s membership in ITER means that the nuclear club has endorsed Iran’s nuclear capabilities to be at global scales, and the country and accepted the country as an equal partner, writes university professor Azam Mollaei in an article for Iranian Diplomacy. Recent months have seen discussions on whether the nuclear … Read more

news.com.au NOVEMBER 13, 2016 IT’S known as the Z Machine and the only thing more impressive than the way it looks is how it works — and it might just hold the key to revolutionising the world’s energy sources. The massive machine tucked away in a facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico is designed to essentially … Read more

Science Daily October 28, 2016 Helically twisted plasma glows during the first hydrogen operation in W7-X on Feb. 3, 2016. Credit: Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics This past year saw the commissioning and initial operation of a new large-scale plasma experiment, the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) in Greifswald, Germany. Designed, constructed, and operated by the Max-Planck … Read more

Phys Org November 9, 2016 Sandia National Laboratories principal investigator Dean Rovang checks out the Z Machine’s tritium gas transfer system, which was built at the labs’ Livermore, California, site and filled with trace tritium (0.1 percent) at Sandia in Albuquerque. Credit: Randy Montoya Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories Z Machine have opened a new … Read more

PPPL By John Greenwald | November 9, 2016 Physicist Richard Hawryluk (Photo by Elle Starkman/Office of Communications) Richard Hawryluk, a distinguished physicist who heads the ITER and Tokamaks department at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has been named chair of the board of editors of Nuclear Fusion (link is external), … Read more

Eurofusion Bianca Giacomelli | October 19th 2016 As Professor Ian Chapman, the new CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), remarks on BBC5 Radio Live, nowadays explaining the concept of nuclear fusion to the public is a hard, but essential, task. Looking towards the future of fusion power appears challenging to most people used … Read more

Farce News Nov 06, 2016 TEHRAN (FNA)- Director General of France’s International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Bernard Bigot voiced ITER’s full endorsement for Iran’s membership in the nuclear fusion project, and said both sides will benefit from the outcome of the project. “The cooperation will have win-win results for both sides,” Bigot said on Sunday. He … Read more

Tehran Times November 5, 2016 Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi (L), ITER Director General Bernard Bigot (M), and Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari attend a signing ceremony on Saturday in Tehran. TEHRAN – Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi and ITER Director General Bernard Bigot signed on Saturday a confidentiality … Read more

New Energy and Fuel November 3, 2016 Recent computer simulations have suggested a novel method for launching the plasma without using solenoids. The simulations at the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), the major fusion facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) shows the formation of distinct, current carrying magnetic structures … Read more