Fusion News

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

Angle Journal by Edward Hill | 1 June 2016 Relative to traditional fossil fuels, and even fission, nuclear fusion has long promised – and failed – to safely deliver energy. Yet recent developments provide hope that this elusive technology might finally be ready to emerge as both a viable and inexhaustible energy source in the … Read more

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

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

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 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

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

NYT May 30, 2016 Ronald C. Davidson at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he oversaw research. Credit Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Ronald C. Davidson, who oversaw one of the biggest advances in fusion energy research, attempting to replicate the power of the sun, died on May 19 at his home in Cranbury, N.J. He … Read more

gizmodo Maddie Stone | May 27, 2016 Artwork by Sam Woolley The longstanding joke about fusion—that it’s the energy source of the future, and always will be—may be the field’s biggest problem. The quest to bottle the power of the sun has led to countless starry-eyed predictions of an imminent clean energy revolution. But the … Read more

Electric Light & Power 05/27/2016 Dr. Jeff Quintenz, Senior Vice President of General Atomics‘ Energy Group, issued the following statement on Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz’s report recommended continued U.S. support for ITER, the world’s largest magnetic fusion device designed to prove the feasibility of fusion power as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based … Read more