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sciencemag.com Richard Stone | 09 Sep 2016 A fusion research program nurtured in isolation could blossom as Iran joins the ITER megaproject. Islamic Azad University’s Chinese-made tokamak could see action as an ITER test bed. PHOTO: FARHAD BABAEI The Damavand tokamak is an unlikely emblem of hope for Iranian science. Named after Iran’s tallest mountain, … Read more
Business Korea Cho Jin-young | 9 September 2016 South Korea’s superconducting nuclear fusion simulator KSTAR. A team of Korean researchers found a new principle that can control an edge localized mode (ELM) The National Fusion Research Institute announced on September 8 that they found out that a turbulent flow in a magnetic field of a … Read more
Metering.com 8 SEPTEMBER 2016 US utility Consumers Energy announced its plans to continue modernising its distribution network to improve its operations and customer service in Michigan. The utility firm serving 6.7 million gas and electric consumers in Peninsula counties is upgrading its 29,000-mile natural gas distribution network to enhance its service to some 1.7 million … Read more
Institution of Mechanical Engineers 05 Sep 2016 Engineers develop cables able to handle the high currents from nuclear fusion power plants This article has been temporaly removed pending verification and correction from the original source of: “Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
ITER News 05 SEP, 2016 – Sabina Griffith The 29th edition of the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) today opened its curtains in the Czech capital of Prague. With 30 exhibitors and more than 800 scheduled posters and presentations, SOFT once more proves to be one of the major platforms for exchanging the latest developments … Read more
Futurism.com Jasmine Solana | August 30, 2016 One of the biggest challenges in the fusion energy development is finding the best shape for the device to contain the plasma, but physicists in the United States believe they may have found a new kind of nuclear fusion device that could be the most commercially viable design … Read more
PPPL By Jeanne Jackson DeVoe | September 2, 2016 (Photo by Chris Cane/PPPL Office of Communications) Max Wallace, a Community College intern from Laney College in Oakland, California, shows fellow intern Priya Jaglal a poster on his research during a student poster session at PPPL on Aug. 10. Wallace developed software to allow scientists to … Read more
Swarthmore College By Ryan DoughertyAugust 3rd, 2016 From left: Professor and Department Chair of Physics & Astronomy Mike Brown, Jeremy Han ’17, Jaron Shrock ’18, Bryn Mawr College Assistant Professor of Physics David Schaffner, and postdoctoral research fellow Manjit Kaur in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment lab. Could a magnetic blob percolating at Swarthmore save the … Read more
Metering.com 29 AUGUST 2016 According to a new report, the increased adoption of smart grid solutions is expected to drive the global industrial control systems security market through to 2020. The ICS security market is expected to grow by 9% between 2015 and 2020. The US is expected to dominate the market. The region is … Read more
Metering.com 25 AUGUST 2016 In the US, power utility Georgia Power announced that it has improved its customer service with its investments in smart grid technologies. In a press statement, the firm serving 2.5 million customers in 159 counties in Georgia state, highlighted how smart grid technologies have enhanced its operations and helped ensure grid … Read more