ITER : Science World Report

Feb 28, 2014 08:58 PM EST

Nuclear Fusion: Jülich’s Role in ITER

ITER is the next major step in international fusion research. The Fusion for Europe agency F4E is responsible for providing the European contribution to ITER, which is scheduled to go into operation in the early 2020's and demonstrate the feasibility of fusion energy on a power-plant scale for the f...

Oct 15, 2013 11:05 PM EDT

World Powers Back Hotter-Than-The-Sun Fusion Reactor in France

Ministers representing many of the world's main economic powers met on 6 September 2013 to show their support for one of the world’s most ambitious scientific experiments – a nuclear fusion reactor that will operate at temperatures ten times hotter than the core of the sun.

Oct 02, 2013 04:02 PM EDT

ITER Research Plan to Achieve Fusion Energy Reassessed by Leading Plasma Scientists

In order to reassess the ITER Research Plan for the experimental fusion reactor, 21 world-leading plasma scientists plus key engineers and scientists from the ITER Organization came together at the ITER Headquarters for two days.

Oct 02, 2013 02:58 PM EDT

US Lab Tests Fuel Injection System for Experimental Fusion Reactor ITER

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a continuous extruder for fusion fuel and are advancing state-of-the-art fueling and plasma control for the ITER international fusion reactor now under construction in France. US ITER is managed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Depa...

Aug 27, 2013 01:53 PM EDT

How to Construct Well Maintained Fusion Power Plants

The utilisation rates of future fusion power plants could be significantly improved by joint planning of the reactor structure and remote maintenance system, according to research results of the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Aug 23, 2013 05:42 PM EDT

Scientific Vandalism Melting Walls of Fusion Reactor Helps ITER

Scientists at JET, the world’s largest fusion energy research facility, have been deliberately melting parts of their own machine as they test materials for the fusion reactors of the future. These apparent acts of scientific vandalism are actually courageous experiments which have yielded valuabl...

May 29, 2013 04:11 PM EDT

Extremely Powerful 1000 Tons Electromagnet For Fusion Reactor Built by US Engineers

US ITER is building one of the world's largest and most powerful electromagnets to energize the ITER Tokamak; the 13-metre-tall central solenoid will be located in the heart of the machine. In order to maintain structural integrity in the face of thousands of tons of force, the solenoid requires a s...

May 06, 2013 08:33 PM EDT

China is Shipping First Parts For ITER Fusion Reactor to the Construction Site in France

On Thursday 25 April, the morning silence at the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) in Hefei, China, was broken by the noise of a high powered trailer. Inside the superconductor shop of ASIPP, workers were busy preparing to load the 737 meters of dummy conductor for ITER, the international experime...

Apr 20, 2013 11:00 PM EDT

Workshop Construction for Largest Components of ITER Fusion Reactor Begins

At the vast construction site of the world's largest experimental fusion reactor ITER in Southern France--which will be one of the largest and most complex machines ever built--another facility will now be built for the on site fabrication of huge components that are too large for transport since th...

Apr 19, 2013 12:15 PM EDT

Data Highway for Fusion Research Expands Global Collaboration

GÉANT is supplying a 10 Gbps link to connect Helios supercomputer with scientists involved in ITER and DEMO

Mar 23, 2013 07:25 PM EDT

What Is The Lawson Criteria, Or How to Make Fusion Power Viable

The magic figure to ignite a sustained fusion fire is a triple product of three crucial parameters, greater than 5 x 1021 m-3s keV . In its high power experiments of 1997 JET achieved around one fifth of that value.

Mar 08, 2013 06:18 PM EST

Full-Scale Construction at ITER Fusion Reactor Visible From Above [Photo]

A new aerial view of the ITER fusion reactor construction site shows the four-hectare electrical switchyard that is in place now and ongoing construction nearly everywhere. 500 people currently work from the completed Headquarters building.