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Agora Magazine Sept. 30 Rome – The first superconducting magnet for the JT-60SA experimental nuclear fusion reactor under construction in Japan was presented in Genoa on Tuesday by ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, and ASG Superconductors, a superconducting magnet manufacturing company. The Tokamak, a plant that will … Read more

Fortune SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 The “ignition facility” at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Photo: Damien Jemison—LLNL The energy source has been long on promise and short on reality. Now private companies think they can succeed where the government has failed. For more than half a century governments around the world have been trying to solve the … Read more

Euro Fusion Posted August 25th 2015 How can the outcome of European fusion research serve your daily life? – This is the question that FUTTA wanted to answer. The Fusion Technology Transfer Action figured out 24 original fusion inventions that can be used by other industries. The project, initiated by the European Commission and EFDA … Read more

HeraldScotland Ben Thomson / Wednesday 23 September 2015 In 1961 President Kennedy made an historic announcement that the United States would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade. Defying the many sceptics, eight years later Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface uttering the immortal words: “That’s one small step … Read more

Private Wealth SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 • MICHAEL S. FISCHER The development of a fusion reactor to generate clean energy has long been the holy grail of scientists worldwide. Researchers are now boasting of advances that could make the technology achievable in the near future, and private investors are taking notice. “Fusion has been talked about … Read more

Australian National University The world’s largest fusion energy experiment, ITER, has turned to Australian physicists to supply a crucial imaging system for the multi-billion-euro experiment. Engaging with ITER is a great opportunity for Australian high technology industry and researchers, said Director of the ANU Australian Fusion Facility, Professor John Howard. “There is huge potential if … Read more

By Evan Ackerman 11 Aug 2015 The Marvel movie version of Tony Stark graduated from MIT in the early 1990s. He built an ARC reactor at Stark Industries later on, but apparently, some of the initial research he did as an undergrad stuck around in some notebooks somewhere on a dusty shelf at MIT. It … Read more

Scandanavian Oil and Gas Sep 17, 2015 Assystem, an innovation and engineering consultancy secures multi-million Euro contract with Fusion for Energy (F4E) – the EU organisation responsible for Europe’s contribution to ITER. The five-year contract sees Assystem working on the world’s biggest international energy project, currently under construction in the South of France. Assystem, which … Read more

worldfinance.com Steven Cowley, September 16th, 2015 Nuclear fusion could work – but only if we cough up some money This December, world leaders will gather in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where they will attempt – yet again – to hammer out a global agreement to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Despite the inevitable … Read more

Issues in science and technology Summer 2015 by Robert L. Hirsch The inherent limitations of the tokamak design for fusion power will prevent it from becoming commercially viable, but the lessons from this effort can inform future research. Burning wood was an important source of energy for early humankind, because it had no competition, no … Read more