This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 — ...

Every year, European research member organisations of EIROforum invite the winners of the EIROforum prizes at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) to explore leading research ...

The alternative divertor configuration (ADC) programme of EUROfusion has reached a significant milestone, gaining strong visibility through multiple publications in high-impact scientific journals and ...

Our current energy landscape is heavily dependent on the fast-depleting fossil fuels, with 80% of the global energy consumption being based on fossil fuels, and changing this dependence is critical to ...

A short documentary captures the atmosphere during the operational start of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device. Click to watch on YouTube; Credit: IPP; This work has been carried out within the ...

Reaching durations such as these is a crucial milestone for machines like ITER, which will need to maintain fusion plasmas for several minutes. The end goal is to control the plasma, which is ...

Gyrotrons are fundamental to the operation of fusion energy devices. These high-power microwave systems generate millimetre-wave electromagnetic radiation, which is essential for heating and driving ...

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 ...

Modelling how fast fusion particles damage the tungsten inner walls of a fusion machine? Don't forget the braking effect of collisions with the ultra-light electrons in the tungsten, says PhD ...

An alpha particle is produced by the alpha decay of a radioactive nucleus. Because the nucleus is unstable a piece of it is ejected, allowing the nucleus to reach a more stable state. The piece that ...

The colour comes from the fuel, which is basically hydrogen. Hydrogen gives out two different colours, a strong red and aqua-blue, which combine to give the pink colour that shows up in most pictures.

Fusion energy represents the pinnacle of clean energy solutions, but the road to making it a reality is fraught with technical challenges. At the heart of overcoming these challenges lies the JOREK ...