The next issue of the Fusion in Europe booklet has been released.
The next issue of their booklet “Fusion in Europe” is posted on the website of the EUROFusion consortium. In such booklets, published two or three times a year, the main events in the world of thermonuclear are summed up.
Let's see what is interesting in this issue.
First, EUROFusion reports that they are about to sign an agreement with the European Commission and Euratom to continue funding. The message is dated September 29, and the agreement has now been signed . The European thermonuclear program will receive 424 million euros from Euratom for five years, and the same amount from the consortium member states. The money will be spent on various research activities carried out in the field of thermonuclear fusion in Europe.
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Secondly, it is reported that in May 2015, the largest Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, which will be able to hold the plasma for 30 minutes, will begin its work. I recall that the stellarator is an alternative technology of magnetic plasma confinement to the tokamak. For the largest thermonuclear installations JET, ITER, etc., the tokamak was chosen, however, the stellarators continue to develop in the hope that their advantages will at some point become more significant than minuses. In any case, a number of experiments are planned on the W7-X, which are also important from the point of view of ITER control.
Inside the stellarator (Bernhard Ludewig, IPP)
And finally, it is possible to note the continued financing of the JET tokamak until 2018 . JET is the largest of the existing fusion devices, and as far as I know, the only one on which experiments were conducted not only with deuterium, but also with tritium. It was on this plant that the record for the efficiency of the energy output was set - a little less than one. It was, however, already in the distant 1997. Now JET is an important part of the preparation of experiments on ITER under construction. In particular, it was recently announced that it will resume experiments with tritium .
Inside the JET
Let's see what is interesting in this issue.
First, EUROFusion reports that they are about to sign an agreement with the European Commission and Euratom to continue funding. The message is dated September 29, and the agreement has now been signed . The European thermonuclear program will receive 424 million euros from Euratom for five years, and the same amount from the consortium member states. The money will be spent on various research activities carried out in the field of thermonuclear fusion in Europe.
')
Secondly, it is reported that in May 2015, the largest Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, which will be able to hold the plasma for 30 minutes, will begin its work. I recall that the stellarator is an alternative technology of magnetic plasma confinement to the tokamak. For the largest thermonuclear installations JET, ITER, etc., the tokamak was chosen, however, the stellarators continue to develop in the hope that their advantages will at some point become more significant than minuses. In any case, a number of experiments are planned on the W7-X, which are also important from the point of view of ITER control.
Inside the stellarator (Bernhard Ludewig, IPP)
And finally, it is possible to note the continued financing of the JET tokamak until 2018 . JET is the largest of the existing fusion devices, and as far as I know, the only one on which experiments were conducted not only with deuterium, but also with tritium. It was on this plant that the record for the efficiency of the energy output was set - a little less than one. It was, however, already in the distant 1997. Now JET is an important part of the preparation of experiments on ITER under construction. In particular, it was recently announced that it will resume experiments with tritium .
Inside the JET
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