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First Light Fusion hails success of initial test in Z Machine
First Light Fusion hails success of initial test in Z Machine
The UK's First Light Fusion has become the first private fusion company to conduct an experiment on the Sandia National Laboratories 'Z Machine' in New Mexico USA. The experiment set a new pressure record for quartz.
Fusion · Thursday, 7 March 2024
Contract for ITER vacuum vessel assembly
Contract for ITER vacuum vessel assembly
The Sino-French TAC-1 consortium - led by China National Nuclear Corporation subsidiary China Nuclear Power Engineering and including Framatome - has been awarded a contract to assemble the vacuum chamber modules of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, under construction in Cadarache, southern France.
Fusion · Tuesday, 5 March 2024
As JET's vital role celebrated ... could UK rejoin Euratom in 2028?
As JET's vital role celebrated ... could UK rejoin Euratom in 2028?
Hundreds of former staff gathered to mark the achievements of the Joint European Torus in progressing nuclear fusion. The project has been a positive example of international collaboration, those attending were told, and the European Union hopes the UK will rejoin its Euratom and Fusion4Energy programme from 2028.
Fusion · Thursday, 29 February 2024
Remote handling upgrades to aid decommissioning of JET
Remote handling upgrades to aid decommissioning of JET
The Remote Handling Control Room at the Joint European Torus in Culham, near Oxford in the UK, has undergone a significant upgrade, making it one of the most advanced robotics and remote handling systems in the world.
Fusion · Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Prototype fusion reactor planned for TVA site
Prototype fusion reactor planned for TVA site
US fusion energy developer Type One Energy Group has announced plans to build Infinity One - its stellarator fusion prototype machine - at Tennessee Valley Authority's Bull Run Fossil Plant in Clinton, Tennessee.
Fusion · Friday, 23 February 2024
Kyoto Fusioneering and UKAEA sign collaboration agreement
Kyoto Fusioneering and UKAEA sign collaboration agreement
The UK Atomic Energy Authority and the private Japanese fusion technology company Kyoto Fusioneering have signed an agreement which aims to advance tritium breeding blanket technology from its conceptual stage towards commercialisation.
Fusion · Wednesday, 21 February 2024
ITER's proposed new timeline to be submitted in June
ITER's proposed new timeline to be submitted in June
The revamped project plan for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor - with modifications to its configuration, phased installation and new research schedule - is being finalised ahead of being submitted to the ITER Council in June.
Fusion · Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Canadian-British partnership for fusion development
Canadian-British partnership for fusion development
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories have signed a collaboration framework agreement to partner on the development of technologies in relation to the management of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen used as fuel in fusion energy.
Fusion · Thursday, 15 February 2024
New world record set in JET's final fusion experiments
New world record set in JET's final fusion experiments
The Joint European Torus produced the largest amount of energy achieved in a fusion experiment during its final round of deuterium-tritium experiments, breaking its own record set in 2021.
Fusion · Friday, 9 February 2024
First European-made ITER vessel sector awaits shipment
First European-made ITER vessel sector awaits shipment
The first of five vacuum vessel sectors under the responsibility of Fusion for Energy - the Iter Organisation's European domestic agency - is undergoing factory acceptance tests. The component has already passed leak testing and its dimensions will now be checked.
Fusion · Tuesday, 6 February 2024
Russia completes tests on first wall panels for ITER
Russia completes tests on first wall panels for ITER
Manufacturing and testing of prototype first wall panels for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion machine has been successfully completed, says St Petersburg-based JSC NIIEFA - part of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
Fusion · Thursday, 11 January 2024
JET retires - after 40 years and 105,929 pulses
JET retires - after 40 years and 105,929 pulses
The pioneering Joint European Torus has performed its final fusion research experiments just over four decades after it delivered its first pulse on 25 June 1983.
Fusion · Thursday, 21 December 2023
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