Fusion News

Daily Mail By ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD 18 March 2016 Iter uses electric current to trap plasma inside a doughnut-shaped device long enough for fusion to occur Engineers in France are currently building its 18 magnets that each weigh between 113,400kg and 226,800kg Rocket scientists have been recruited to create super-strong materials that can hold these magnets … Read more

Gizmodo Jamie Condiff March 18, 2016 When it’s finally built, ITER will be the world’s biggest experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor—and probably our best chance to date for making nuclear fusion work. But engineers are currently toiling with building the damn thing and its magnets are proving to be a challenge. A toroidal fusion reactor … Read more

Energywire Christa Marshall, E&E reporter March 18, 2016 The fusion debate on Capitol Hill is heating up. The issue popped up in a flurry of letters, bills and comments in the past week as appropriators weighed proposed cuts to the Department of Energy’s overall fusion budget. Congress also is waiting for a report from Energy … Read more

PPPL March 15, 2016 Compression of a turbulent plasma. Image by Seth Davidovits Physicists have long regarded plasma turbulence as unruly behavior that can limit the performance of fusion experiments. But new findings by researchers associated with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at … Read more

Motherboard EMIKO JOZUKA 16 March 2016 Nuclear fusion is the energy of the Sun and stars, and there’s a global race to generate it as an alternative green energy source. But before researchers get started, they need to ensure that their nuclear fusion reactors can withstand the extreme temperatures produced when hydrogen atoms collide to … Read more

The Nation March 12, 2016 The path to creating sustainable fusion energy as a clean, abundant and affordable source of electricity has led to a point where the international fusion experiment, ITER, is poised to produce more energy than it uses when it is completed in 15 to 20 years, said Ed Synakowski, associate director … Read more

University of Liverpool Supervisor(s) Edoardo Patelli (Engineering) Rob Akers (CCFE) Gillian Murray (VEC) Funding details a stipend of £17,057 pa for 4 years. For exceptional candidates this may increased. Starting Arrangements start date as soon as possible Restrictions on student nationality UK only The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is one of Europe’s leading … Read more

nature.com Nature Physics 12, 14–17 (2016) doi:10.1038/nphys3625 Published online 07 January 2016 Didier Mazon, Christel Fenzi & Roland Sabot Sustaining and measuring high temperatures in fusion plasmas is a challenging task that requires different heating systems and diagnostic tools. Information on the spatial distribution of temperature is one of the key elements for improving and … Read more

PPPL By Raphael Rosen | March 7, 2016 PPPL scientists Robert Mozulay and Weiguo Que (Photo by Hans Schneider) The electric current that powers fusion experiments requires superb control. Without it, the magnetic coils the current drives cannot contain and shape the plasma that fuels experiments in doughnut-shaped tokamaks correctly. One of the digital firing … Read more

Canadian Nuclear Association OTTAWA (March 7, 2016) – The Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) today congratulates CNA members General Fusion and Terrestrial Energy on recently being awarded grants from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). “The federal government’s grants to General Fusion and Terrestrial are recognition that nuclear energy is a sustainable form of low-carbon energy,” said … Read more