Fusion reactor needs to operate at very high temperatures and high enough densities of fuel to achieve its goal, produce energy. So, how can you predict the temperature and density profiles of a ...

Quantum computing has emerged as a promising solution for conducting computationally challenging problems much more efficiently, facilitating the native simulation of quantum effects and providing a ...

Using the physics picture developed from the ASDEX Upgrade experimental results, the route to the QCE regime in JET reported here is following closely the approach that was successful in ASDEX Upgrade ...

Plasma video snapshots with logos. Credit Tamás Szabolics,EUROfusion / Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics / CEA-IRFM / EPFL-SWISS Plasma Center / United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Scientists ...

Since the publication of Progress in the ITER Physics Basis in 2007, extensive studies have addressed major challenges in tokamak fusion plasma physics, with the International Tokamak Physics Activity ...

In line with EUROfusion’s roadmap to fusion electricity, DTT’s principal mission is to address the urgent problem of heat exhaust and the need for a robust solution that balances high-power loads in ...

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 ...

Scientists and engineers from eight nations have carried out a project using lasers on the Joint European Torus (JET) to study fusion fuel retention. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), an ...

Last week, a EUROfusion delegation visited the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei, China, for an intensive four-day scientific and technical exchange to start ...

The EUROfusion Engineering Grants (EEGs) aim to attract top early-career engineering talents to work on key technological challenges and develop skills that are essential to the European fusion ...

The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) is under construction at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP) in Hefei, China. Designed as a compact high ...