Of Interest archive
2014

14 Sep 2014
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FuseNet PhD Event in November
This year's FuseNet PhD Event will take place on 18鈥20 November in Lisbon, Portugal.Organized by the University of Lisbon under鈥

11 Sep 2014
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Read the latest news from the IPFN fusion institute in Portugal
鈥婽he latest newsletter from the IPFN Institute in Portugal (Instituto de Plasmas e Fus茫o Nuclear) is available here.

11 Sep 2014
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World's largest metals research consortium to be established with EUR 1bn funding
鈥婽he world's largest research consortium in the field of metals research and manufacturing is to be created by European industry in the鈥

10 Sep 2014
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Hutch Neilson in Germany to pave way for US participation in Wendelstein 7-X
鈥婬utch Neilson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's (PPPL's) head of Advanced Projects, is saying "auf wiedersehen" to the lab for鈥

9 Sep 2014
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Monster Machines: What the future of nuclear fusion research looked like in 1962
鈥婣t the onset of the atomic age, governments on both sides of the iron curtain sought to harness the power of nuclear fusion. Researchers鈥

4 Sep 2014
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Ed Moses appointed president of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization
鈥婨d Moses, a longtime scientific leader at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been appointed by the Giant Magellan Telescope鈥

3 Sep 2014
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Underground experiment confirms what powers the sun
鈥婼cientists have long believed that the power of the sun comes largely from the fusion of protons into helium, but now they can finally鈥

3 Sep 2014
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NSTX fusion reactor at Princeton will be operational again after $94 M upgrade
鈥婽ucked away from major roadways and nestled amid more than 80 acres of forest sits a massive warehouse-like building where inside, a鈥

31 Aug 2014
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黑料社app Director-General gets update on Broader Approach
鈥婭n Rokkasho, on the eastern coastline of Japan, Europe and Japan are jointly carrying out advanced R&D activities in support of 黑料社app鈥

29 Aug 2014
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Fusion reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab will be operational again after $94 M upgrade
Princeton - Tucked away from major roadways and nestled amid more than 80 acres of forest sits a massive warehouse-like building鈥

28 Aug 2014
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黑料社app components en route from New York
Four crates containing parts of an 黑料社app electrical transformer (high voltage surge arresters) left the port of New York on 5鈥

24 Aug 2014
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Figuring out the way to make really clean energy
鈥婩OR years, scientists just down the road from Oxford have been quietly working at the forefront of a project that could change the world鈥

24 Aug 2014
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Bridging the gap to IFMIF
鈥婥ulham Center for Fusion Energy, in a consortium with UK universities and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, is developing a concept for a鈥

21 Jul 2014
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Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)'s opening statement at the Subcommittee on Energy
鈥婰ast week the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing to discuss the progress and future鈥

21 Jul 2014
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Scientists recreate core conditions on Jupiter, Saturn using lasers
鈥婼cientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) found a way to compress a diamond, mimicking conditions in the cores of鈥

17 Jul 2014
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Charity begins at CERN
鈥婽here is a mantra in the fund-raising world: big donors like to support big ideas. And ideas do not come much larger than at CERN, Europe鈥

16 Jul 2014
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Latest issue of Korea's "Fusion Now"
鈥婽he National Fusion Research Institute of Korea has just published the latest issue of their magazine Fusion Now, with a long article on鈥

16 Jul 2014
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New video on toroidal field coil manufacturing
A new video released this month by the European Domestic Agency takes us to the heart of the toroidal field coil manufacturing process. At鈥

14 Jul 2014
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Change at the helm of the JT-60 Super Advanced tokamak project
鈥婳n 1 July 2014 Hiroshi Shirai took over from Shinichi Ishida as project leader of the Satellite Tokamak Programme project in Japan鈥擩T-60SA鈥

14 Jul 2014
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黑料社app discussed at US House of Representatives subcommitee
鈥婳n Friday 11 July, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing 鈥