Fusion News

PSFC-MIT May 10, 2016 Prof. Miklos Porkolab Paul Rivenberg Professor of Physics Miklos Porkolab was elected an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) at the 187tth meeting of the General Assembly of the Academy in Budapest, on May 2, 2016. Founded in 1825, the prestigious HAS is the oldest institution devoted to … Read more

WNN 18 May 2016 The two biggest tanks for the Iter fusion reactor’s cryoplant have been completed in the Czech Republic. An exceptional convoy will be required to transport them to the Iter construction site in southern France. The quench tanks measure 35 meters in length, 4.5 meters in diameter and weighing about 160 tonnes. … Read more

cosmos 26 APR 2016 Fusion power is such a huge, potentially game-changing technology that it’s easy to get swept up in its utopian promise. Equally, it’s easy to dismiss the whole shebang as a wild fantasy that will never come to pass. Here’s what you need to know to help keep pace with developments in … Read more

elconfidencial.com 16.05.2016 Click here for the original in Spanish Every Friday, twenty students of American high school meet in their particular science club for experiments with a homemade nuclear fusion reactor The basement of Carl Greninger’s house in Federal Way, Washington may seem straight out of a science fiction movie or part of a government … Read more

eurosciencejobs.com Nuclear Fusion Physicist (P4) IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna, Austria Main Purpose As a key member of a team led by the Section Head, the Nuclear Fusion Physicist is responsible for supporting international cooperation on fusion research activities and fostering the exchange of scientific results among the different partners. The Nuclear Fusion … Read more

elconfidencial.com 16.05.2016 Click here for English translation Cada viernes, veinte alumnos de instituto estadounidenses se reúnen en su particular club de ciencias para realizar experimentos con un reactor de fusión nuclear casero El sótano de la casa de Carl Greninger —en Federal Way, Washington— puede parecer sacado de una película de ciencia ficción o parte … Read more

Princeton Distillate Nuclear fusion has enormous promise as a global energy source. The fuel is nearly inexhaustible and the waste products have less environmental impact than the wastes associated with fossil fuels and nuclear fission. Making affordable fusion energy would be a remarkable human achievement. To appreciate some of the key challenges, we examine magnetic … Read more

the Energy Collective May 12, 2016 Ted Golfinopoulos (left), a postdoc with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, invites visitors to the USA Science and Engineering Festival to feel how insulated copper coil gets warm when electrical current runs through it, in a demonstration about magnetism and electricity. Photo: Paul Rivenberg Students and staff members … Read more

nature.com 03 May 2016 Although driven by the promise of almost limitless energy, fusion research touches on plenty of gripping, fundamental physics — and the wider scientific community has every reason to be supportive. On the night of Halloween in 1997, the Joint European Torus (JET) in Culham, UK, had a treat in store: a … Read more

Sandia Labs May 10, 2016 LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Robert Kolasinski has received a $2.5 million, five-year Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science to support his work on how intense fusion plasmas interact with the interior surfaces of fusion reactors. Kolsinski’s research will develop … Read more