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China completes ITER magnet support components
China completes ITER magnet support components
A ceremony was held on 3 November to mark the final shipment from China of assemblies for the magnet supporting system of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion machine under construction in Cadarache, southern France.
Fusion · Tuesday, 7 November 2023
ITER director general promises 'realistic' project timeline
ITER director general promises 'realistic' project timeline
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Director General Pietro Barabaschi has outlined the progress made, and issues faced, by the multinational project as the process of drawing up a revised schedule takes place.
Fusion · Thursday, 19 October 2023
Nuclear fusion: New initiatives outlined at IAEA's FEC 2023 conference
Nuclear fusion: New initiatives outlined at IAEA's FEC 2023 conference
The first edition of World Fusion Outlook and proposals to form a World Fusion Energy Group - as well as updates on progress across the industry and new investment from the UK hosts - have been unveiled at the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference.
Fusion · Monday, 16 October 2023
Construction of fusion materials testing facility under way
Construction of fusion materials testing facility under way
Construction has started in Granada, Spain, of the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-Demo Oriented Neutron Source project. The facility will provide a fusion‐like neutron source for the qualification of the materials to be used in a fusion power plant.
Fusion · Thursday, 12 October 2023
Tokamak Energy reports Demo4 milestone cryogenic tests
Tokamak Energy reports Demo4 milestone cryogenic tests
Tokamak Energy says its engineers have successfully validated electromagnetic current test results of the first of 14 toroidal field limbs in liquid nitrogen at temperatures of -200 degrees Celsius.
Fusion · Thursday, 14 September 2023
Germany stepping up investment in fusion
Germany stepping up investment in fusion
Germany will invest more than EUR1 billion (USD1.1 billion) in fusion research over the next five years, Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger announced.
Fusion · Thursday, 7 September 2023
Testing of ITER wall panels under way
Testing of ITER wall panels under way
Specialists at the St Petersburg-based JSC NIIEFA - part of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom - have started acceptance tests of a full-scale prototype of the first wall panel for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion machine under construction in Cadarache, southern France.
Fusion · Monday, 14 August 2023
General Fusion announces new fusion demo machine
General Fusion announces new fusion demo machine
Canadian private fusion developer General Fusion has announced plans for a new Magnetised Target Fusion machine designed to achieve fusion conditions of over 100 million degrees Celsius by 2025, and progress toward scientific breakeven by 2026.
Fusion · Thursday, 10 August 2023
First Light Fusion and Tractebel Machine 4 development agreement
First Light Fusion and Tractebel Machine 4 development agreement
Tractebel and First Light Fusion have signed a framework agreement for the development of the Machine 4 project designed to demonstrate net energy gain.
Fusion · Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Marvel Fusion and CSU partner on US laser facility
Marvel Fusion and CSU partner on US laser facility
German laser fusion developer Marvel Fusion and the USA's Colorado State University are to create a public-private partnership for the construction of a USD150 million high-power laser and fusion research facility on the CSU Foothills Campus.
Fusion · Tuesday, 8 August 2023
LLNL researchers achieve fusion ignition for second time
LLNL researchers achieve fusion ignition for second time
Researchers at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have reportedly achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time. The milestone was first achieved last December.
Fusion · Tuesday, 8 August 2023
SHINE demonstrates Cherenkov radiation from fusion
SHINE demonstrates Cherenkov radiation from fusion
SHINE Technologies of the USA says it has demonstrated clearly visible Cherenkov radiation produced by fusion for what is believed to be the first time. Historically, fusion has been demonstrated and detected with instruments instead of a visible light.
Fusion · Friday, 4 August 2023
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