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European Fusion Devices

Fusion research is undertaken in many countries around the world, all sharing the goal of demonstrating the feasibility of fusion as a net energy source.
Here you can find an interactive overview of all the currently active,
ongoing Fusion experiments in Europe.

Photo of the Month - May 2012

Photo title: MAST anno 2012
Date: Photo taken on February 15, 2012
Photo with permission by: Tina from Somerset, UK - alias treenquick

Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak - MAST

New Max Planck - Princeton Partnership in fusion research

The Max Planck Society is strengthening its commitment to the development of a sustainable energy supply and has joined forces with internationally renowned Princeton University to establish the Max Planck Princeton Research Center for Plasma Physics.

European Energy Conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands

“We need more qualified technicians. Currently only 2 out of 10 students in the Netherlands choose a technical education, but this number needs to be doubled. Other European countries face a similar challenge if we are to keep up with the rest of the world.” This was the challenging statement that former Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer left the audience with after his speech at the European Energy conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

F4E Summer Studentships 2012

Are you a student interested in a career in fusion energy, and have you not yet booked your summer holidays? Then it might be good to know that you have one more week to apply to the 2012 summer studentships of Fusion for Energy!

Motojima receives Honorary Degree

ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima, received the honorary doctorate degree from Ghent University, one of the FUSENET members.

Motojima receives honorary doctorate degree from FUSENET Member Ghent University

Photo of the Month - April 2012

Photo title: Energy for Everyone...Energy for life...
Date: Photo taken on March, 2011
Photo with permission by: Gopan G. Nair

Light at hand - Energy for life

DIFFER unveils Magnum-PSI

Creating hotter, denser plasmas than ever before: that's the goal of the new Magnum-PSI facility at the FOM Institute DIFFER. On Thursday 22 March, the new experiment celebrated the start of its experimental campaign with a scientific symposium in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.

Photo of the Month - March 2012

Photo title: Levitated Dipole eXperiment Interior and Exterior
Date: 2009 (but the facility has not changed substantially since then)
Photo with permission by: Jay Kesner and Mike Mauel

Interior and Exterior view on LDX

Eye witness report from the Plasma Diagnostics course in Lausanne, Switzerland, part 3

FUSENET sponsors the Plasma Diagnostics course in Lausanne, Switzerland. The course gives students the opportunity to get acquainted with a variety of plasma diagnostics. One of the students present, Owen Jones, reports:

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