Hundred Million Degree Fluid Key to Fusion

Hundred Million Degree Fluid Key to Fusion

Australian National University 7 MARCH 2016 Matthew Hole (L) and Zhisong Qu at the virtual control room for overseas fusion experiments in RSPE. Image Stuart Hay “It will open the door to understanding a whole lot more about fusion plasmas, and contribute to the development of a long term energy solution for the planet.” Scientists … Read more

Fusion Nuclear Power Developer General Fusion Awarded $12.75 Million From Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Fusion Nuclear Power Developer General Fusion Awarded .75 Million From Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Techmagazine.com 04 March 2016 BURNABY, B.C. — Innovative cleantech company General Fusion has been awarded $12.75 million by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to continue developing its fusion energy technology, culminating in the design of a full-scale fusion energy demonstration system. The grant, announced in Edmonton today by Navdeep Bains, federal minister of Innovation, Science … Read more

Plasma physicist discusses the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator

Plasma physicist discusses the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator

phys.org February 5, 2016 by Peter Hergersberg Thomas Klinger, director at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in front of the 725-ton-heavy plasma container for the nuclear fusion experiment Wendelstein 7-X located in Greifswald. Credit: Stefan Sauer Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) produced the first helium plasma in the … 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

Is nuclear fusion the way forward?

Is nuclear fusion the way forward?

Palatinate By Tom Mander FEB 26, 2016 Burning fossil fuels is still a hot topic—no surprises there. “Be carbon free by… Cut emissions by… Keep the temperature rise under…” The rhetoric, like the pollution, lingers. However, recent developments in physics research centres worldwide offer new solutions and new hopes. China and Germany have grabbed headlines … Read more

Tokamak data mirror for JET and MAST data – moving towards an open data repository for European nuclear fusion research

Tokamak data mirror for JET and MAST data – moving towards an open data repository for European nuclear fusion research

EUDat Overview of the pilot Our data pilot will provide a mirror of experimental data from two magnetic confinement nuclear fusion devices (Tokamaks) at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE): the Joint European Torus (JET) and the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST). The research community will be plasma physics and fusion researchers, engineers and … Read more

Canadian start-ups look to reimagined nuclear power to replace fossil fuels

Canadian start-ups look to reimagined nuclear power to replace fossil fuels

National Observer Feb. 22, 2016 As the race to replace fossil fuels heats up, a few Canadian startups are betting on the nuclear option. “We need a game-changing energy innovation,” Simon Irish, chief executive of Oakville, Ont.,-based Terrestrial Energy, said in a recent interview. Renewable power like wind and solar aren’t able to meet the … Read more

ITER Fusion Project: World Leader in Renewable Energy

ITER Fusion Project: World Leader in Renewable Energy

theogm.com Feb. 22, 2016 Today 80% of the developed world’s energy comes from fossil which meets energy demand but these fuels present environmental issues and climate change challenges. By 2050, it is predicted that the population will be 9 billion and there will be a dramatic increase in energy consumption for which no one solution … Read more