A tokamak must breathe

A tokamak must breathe

ITER 06 JUN, 2016 When plasmas ten times hotter than the core of the Sun begin pulsating inside the ITER vacuum vessel, the combined mass of the Tokamak and cryostat (25,000 tons) will need a bit of breathing space. Not much—but enough to accommodate the wobbling, expansions and occasional displacements caused by the tremendous forces … Read more

NSTX upgraded to the world’s most powerful Spherical tokamak

NSTX upgraded to the world’s most powerful Spherical tokamak

FuseNet The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) was built at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and started operation in 1999. The goal of the device is to study the physics of spherically shaped fusion plasmas, which are claimed to have several advantages over the traditional doughnut-shaped plasmas. Consequently, there is considerable interest in these … Read more

Compact tokamaks: the approach to bring fusion energy within reach

Compact tokamaks: the approach to bring fusion energy within reach

WNN by David Kingham | 31 May 2016 Fusion reactor development could proceed much more rapidly by scaling down the size of reactors being developed, potentially helping the first compact fusion pilot plants to be ready to produce electricity for the first time within the next decade, writes David Kingham. Nuclear fusion is the creative … Read more

Compact spherical tokamak would be 100 times smaller than ITER and has a chance to start operating decades earlier

Compact spherical tokamak would be 100 times smaller than ITER and has a chance to start operating decades earlier

Next Big Future May 31, 2016 Startup company Tokamak Energy has published three papers showing size is not an important factor in fusion reactors and proving that a compact spherical tokamak reactor can produce high power. This turns the pursuit of fusion into a series of engineering challenges. The Tokamak Energy plan will overcome these … Read more

Research Faculty Position Experimental Fusion Plasma Physics

Research Faculty Position Experimental Fusion Plasma Physics

Physics Today Auburn University Details Posted: May 31, 2016 Location: Auburn University, Alabama Salary: Open Level: Experienced Sector: Academic Work Function: Faculty 4-Year College/University Discipline: Physics: Fusion Technology, Physics: Physics, Physics: Plasma Required Education: Doctorate The Department of Physics at Auburn University is seeking a qualified individual for a research faculty position in experimental fusion … Read more

PPPL physicist conducts experiments indicating efficiency of fusion start-up technique

PPPL physicist conducts experiments indicating efficiency of fusion start-up technique

Eureka Alert 31-MAY-2016 DOE/PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY PHYSICIST FATIMA EBRAHIMI CREDIT: ELLE STARKMAN / PPPL OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University has for the first time performed computer simulations indicating the efficiency of a start-up technique for doughnut-shaped fusion machines … Read more

IPP Summer University for Plasma Physics and Fusion Research

IPP Summer University for Plasma Physics and Fusion Research

IPP Beginning: 2016-09-19 End: 2016-09-23 Location: Greifswald Contact: summeruni@ipp.mpg.de Programme The course covers the main aspects of plasma physics with emphasis on nuclear fusion: basics of plasma physics and nuclear fusion kinetic and magneto-hydrodynamic description of a plasma concepts and experimental results of tokamak and stellarator configurations plasma heating and diagnostics plasma-wall interaction and materials … Read more

FRANCE ASKS FOR IRAN’S COOPERATION IN NUCLEAR FUSION PROJECTS – DFM

FRANCE ASKS FOR IRAN’S COOPERATION IN NUCLEAR FUSION PROJECTS – DFM

NAM news network 2016-05-30 TEHRAN, May 30 (NNN-FNA) — Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi announced that Paris has called for cooperation with Iran’s academic centers in projects related to nuclear fusion. “At present, France has invited us to cooperate with them in nuclear fusion projects,” Araqchi said, addressing a ceremony at Kharazmi University … Read more