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Manufacturing and testing of prototype first wall panels for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) fusion machine has been successfully completed, says St Petersburg-based JSC NIIEFA - part of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Russia-ready-to-mass-produce-first-wall-panels-for
Fincantieri, based in Trieste and the largest shipbuilder in Europe, won the deal to supply equipment for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, a multinational collaboration aimed at building an experimental hydrogen fusion reactor at Cadarache in the south of France.
Fincantieri said in a statement that the work would include a number of high-profile systems, components, installations as part of the Iter project.
A temporary consortium has been established for the work. It includes Fincantieri itself as the main contractor, its subsidiary Fincantieri SI, active in the field of plant design and industrial-scale electrical, electronic and electromechanical components, Delta-ti Impianti, specialised in mechanical plant engineering, and Comes, specialised in electrical plant engineering.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 25 January 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/italian-state-shipyard-wins-eur100m-nuclear-fusion-contract-1-5-2020
Following UK media reports questioning the future of UK's Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) and the Joint European Torus (JET) in the wake of the UK's expected withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit), CCFE head Ian Chapman said on 30 November that "nothing has changed". JET is the largest tokamak in the world and the only operational fusion experiment currently capable of producing fusion energy.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsconcern-over-future-of-uk-fusion-research-5689165
"Nothing has changed" regarding the future for the UK's Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) and the Joint European Torus (JET), centre head Ian Chapman said today.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Post-Brexit-business-as-usual-at-JET