EUROfusion - Realising Fusion Energy
EUROfusion experts have recognized BEST’s potential to complement the European fusion programme. Dutch researcher Tijs Wijkamp received a EUROfusion Researcher Grant to help stop runaway electrons in fusion devices. We made progress implementing steps described in our European workforce survey and development plan to advance diversity.
JET - EUROfusion
The Joint European Torus (JET), the heart of global fusion research at the UKAEA campus in Culham, UK, has concluded its operational journey with pulse number 105,842 on 18 December 2023. This final pulse marks a significant milestone, coming over four decades after JET’s inception. Managed by EUROfusion and supported by a vast network of over 31 European laboratories, JET has been ...
The EUROfusion Programme - EUROfusion
The EUROfusion programme is based on the Roadmap to the Realisation of Fusion Energy. The programme has two main pillars: Preparing for ITER experiments; Developing a concept for the future demonstration fusion power plant DEMO; Twenty-eight of the European consortium members, receive funding from Euratom for fusion projects in accordance with their participation in the missions and ...
Joint European Torus successfully tests new solutions for future …
Nov 23, 2023 · The Joint European Torus (JET) is a fusion experiment of the donut-shaped tokamak design located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK. The facility uses magnetic fields to keep the hot, ionised gas (plasma) away from the vessel’s interior walls, enabling safe operation at 150 million degrees Celsius – ten times the ...
European researchers achieve fusion energy record - EUROfusion
Feb 9, 2022 · Record results announced today are the clearest demonstration in a quarter of a century of the potential for fusion energy to deliver safe and sustainable low-carbon energy. Researchers from the EUROfusion consortium – 4,800 experts, students and staff from across Europe, co-funded by the European Commission – used the Joint European Torus ...
EUROfusion Devices - EUROfusion
The JT-60SA tokamak in Naka, Japan is a joint Japanese-European fusion device resulting from their international science and technology collaboration known as the “Broader Approach”. JT-60SA is the most powerful fusion device to date and will study plasma operations in preparation for ITER and DEMO. Besides JET, EUROfusion has access to ...
World Fusion Energy Group kicks-off - EUROfusion
2 days ago · World Fusion Energy Group kicks-off. The IAEA and Italy co-hosted a landmark ministerial meeting in Rome for the World Fusion Energy Group (WFEG), emphasizing fusion energy’s momentum. Officials from many countries acknowledged recent advances in fusion technology, underscoring its potential as a safe, clean, and limitless energy source.
About EUROfusion - EUROfusion
About EUROfusion. On 9 October 2014, fusion research bodies from European Union member states and Switzerland signed an agreement to cement European collaboration on fusion research and EUROfusion, the European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy, was born. Presently EUROfusion supports and funds fusion research activities on behalf ...
Roadmap - EUROfusion
The EUROfusion roadmap forms the basis for the programme of EUROfusion and provides a clear and structured way forward to commercial energy from fusion. Since 2012, when the first version of the Roadmap was published, the European fusion community has made significant advances in many areas. These include employing successfully tokamak walls ...
EUROfusion spearheads advances in Artificial Intelligence and …
Sep 12, 2024 · Fusion energy promises to deliver safe, sustainable, and low-carbon baseload power, complementing other clean energy sources like solar and wind.. To achieve this, we need to address complex physics and engineering challenges, including understanding the collective movements of charged particles in magnetic fields, mitigating disruption events, analysing material erosion effects, and ...