Fusion Energy, Fusion Energy Consortium
Phys.org August 7, 2017 A thin vapour cloud in front of a liquid metal may be the solution to protecting the reactor walls of future fusion power plants to the extreme heat fluxes encountered. In Nature Communications, PhD candidate Stein van Eden and colleagues at DIFFER and Ghent University presents measurements of a vapour cloud … Read more
Quest 2017 Graduate student Vinícius Duarte. (Photo by Elle Starkman/ PPPL) “Chirp, chirp, chirp.” The familiar sound of birds is also what researchers call a wave in plasma that breaks from a single note into rapidly changing notes. This behavior, which often has frequencies far above what the human ear can hear, can cause heat … Read more
Fusion for Energy 03 August 2017 The first beam of the temporary lid has been installed at level L1. Work performed by Martifer, subcontractor of VFR consortium, Tokamak Complex, ITER construction site, August 2017 © ITER IO One of the most visual elements of the ITER construction site is the bioshield of the Tokamak complex, … Read more
Quest 2017 PPPL is principal investigator for a multi-institutional project to study plasma-material interaction on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China. The three-year project will test the ability of lithium to protect the EAST walls and prevent impurities from bouncing back into the core of the plasma and halting fusion reactions. PPPL will … Read more
Googleblog Tuesday, July 25, 2017 Posted by Ted Baltz, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Accelerated Science Team Wait, what? Why is Google interested in plasma physics? Google is always interested in solving complex engineering problems, and few are more complex than fusion. Physicists have been trying since the 1950s to control the fusion of hydrogen … Read more
qrius.com JULY 29, 2017 By Divya Rajagopal In a time when our world is getting warmer, it is hoped that fusion technology can provide electricity worldwide by the middle of this century. The challenge to create a source of energy similar to that of the Sun is a challenge in itself. Fusion is the process … Read more
By Paul Driessen July 30, 2017 The closest thing to earthly eternal life, President Ronald Reagan used to say, is a government program. Those who benefit from a program actively and vocally defend it, often giving millions in campaign cash to politicians who help perpetuate it, while those who oppose the program or are harmed … Read more
Eurofusion July 12th 2017 (left to right), András Siegler, Director European Commission, DG Research & Innovation; Francesco Romanelli, EFDA Leader and JET Leader; Niek Lopes Cardozo, Chairman of ‘The European Fusion Education Network Governing Board’; FuseNet, David Campbell, Director for Plasma Operations, ITER Organization. Picture: © Copyright protected by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority András … Read more
Eurofusion July 12th 2017 Zoltán Köllő, Atlantis Cobalt, Paul Staniec and Tamsin Jackson (from left to right) during the D-T rehearsals in JET’s tritium plant control room. Picture: © Copyright protected by United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority “We have to try again and see what is really the best performance for ITER we can deliver”, … Read more
WNN 25 July 2017 The Kazakhstan Tokamak for Material testing, or KTM, will undergo “real-mode” testing from November, according to the draft of an updated research program approved last week by the Commission of CIS Member States on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced the approval yesterday. Kazakhstan’s KTM … Read more