Xavier Sáez

Researcher

Fusion for Energy celebrates its 10th anniversary

On Thursday the 30 of November, Fusion for Energy (F4E) celebrated its 10th anniversary with an event attended by 500 people in Barcelona.

Fusion for Energy (F4E) is an organization located in Barcelona, Spain. It was created in 2007 under the Euratom Treaty by a decision of the Council of the European Union in order to meet three objectives: providing Europe’s contribution to ITER, supporting fusion research and development initiatives, and contributing towards the construction of demonstration fusion reactors.

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Tokamak Energy, a private fusion venture

Tokamak Energy is a privately-funded company grown out of Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), UK, in 2009 to design and develop small spherical tokamaks to produce neutrons for a range of scientific applications. Currently, it embarks on the quest for a compact solution for fusion providing energy into the grid by 2030.

Tokamak Energy collaborates with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Imperial College of London, University of Oxford and University of Tokyo, amongst other institutions. As a private venture, its developments are covered by over 20 families of patent applications.

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We are looking for candidates to join us

Our fusion group is looking for candidates to develop their research in fusion at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS).

We can offer you an opportunity to join a team with international scientific prestige and access to cutting edge facilities, while living in the modern, cosmopolitan and dynamic city of Barcelona.

If you are interested, contact us at fusion@bsc.es or visit the join-us webpage at BSC-CNS.

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Spanish company will assemble the ITER vacuum vessel

ENSA plant located in Maliaño (Cantabria). Photo: ENSA

The international ITER project, whose objective is to demonstrate the viability of nuclear fusion as a source of energy, has chosen to use Spanish technology for the assembly of its vacuum vessel. The different vacuum vessel components will be assembled at the ITER site in Caradache (France) by the Spanish company Equipos Nucleares (ENSA).

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