CIEMAT TJ-II at Madrid, Spain, is the 2nd largest facility for 3D fusion research after W7-X within Europe.
PhD student Allah Rakha from our fusion group visited the TJ-II for one week (April 4-8, 2016) in order to participate with theory group for the modelling of 3D physics of Alfvenic activity in the flexible Heliac TJ-II. This trip was the part of his PhD studies to learn 3D codes for the modelling of TJ-II data.
Power Technology has published an interesting article on fusion research, given the first promising results from the new Wendelstein 7-X stellarator device at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics.
Wendelstein 7-X produced its first hydrogen plasma in February 2016, sparking speculation that the stellarator could overtake the tokamak as the leading experimental form of nuclear fusion energy production.
On Friday the 15th of April, our team member Xavier Sáez gave a talk as part of the Fusion Technology Course of the Nuclear Engineering Master organized by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-BarcelonaTech), Barcelona, Spain.
Over the past few days (4-12 April 2016) our Fusion group manager Mervi Mantsinen visited the JET tokamak at Culham, United Kingdom, to take part in the EUROfusion experimental JET campaign.
A symposium on the Solved and Unsolved Problems in Plasma Physics was held in Princeton on March 28-30, 2016. It was to honor Prof. Nathaniel Fisch on his 65th birthday given the important advances he has made to the field of plasma physics. The meeting discussed the progress made in the last 40 years and focused on the still open issues.
April 2016 edition of Physics World has a focus issue devoted to nuclear energy: fission and fusion. It contains several interesting fusion articles including ITER, private fusion ventures and Wendelstein 7-X. Check it out here.
Twists and turns Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X stellarator will use a complex magnetic-field design to sustain a hydrogen plasma for about 30 min. (IPP/Wolfgang Filser )