EUROfusion - Realising Fusion Energy
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 — EUROfusion). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily ...
JET - EUROfusion
The Joint European Torus (JET), the heart of global fusion research at the UKAEA campus in Culham, UK, has concluded its operational journey with pulse number 105,842 on 18 December 2023. This final pulse marks a significant milestone, coming over four decades after JET’s inception. Managed by EUROfusion and supported by a vast network of over 31 European laboratories, JET has been ...
About EUROfusion - EUROfusion
Mission EUROfusion's mission is to pave the way for fusion power reactors. To do so, the consortium funds the research at 28 of its members (in 26 EU member states) on the basis of the "European Roadmap to the Realisation of Fusion Energy" as a joint programme within Euratom Horizon Europe.
The EUROfusion Programme - EUROfusion
The EUROfusion programme is based on the Roadmap to the Realisation of Fusion Energy. The programme has two main pillars: Preparing for ITER experiments; Developing a concept for the future demonstration fusion power plant DEMO; Twenty-eight of the European consortium members, receive funding from Euratom for fusion projects in accordance with their participation in the missions and ...
Fusion on the Sun - EUROfusion
At temperatures of 15 million degrees Celcius in the Sun’s core, hydrogen gas becomes plasma, the fourth state of matter.In a plasma, the negatively charged electrons in atoms are completely separated from the positively charged atomic nuclei (or ions).
Fusion on Earth - EUROfusion
The tokamak. The most advanced and best investigated fusion device design available today is the tokamak.Tokamak is a Russian acronym for the term Тороидальная Камера с Магнитными Катушками meaning a torus-shaped vacuum chamber surrounded by magnetic coils, which create a toroidal magnetic field. The largest operating tokamak today is EUROfusion’s ...
Joint European Torus successfully tests new solutions for future …
Nov 23, 2023 · Culminating their third and final deuterium-tritium campaign, EUROfusion researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) achieved groundbreaking results in fusion research and technology, setting new benchmarks for future fusion power plants. Discover key insights from JET's advanced DTE3 experiments, pivotal in shaping the next generation of sustainable fusion energy solutions.
21 exceptional engineers receive the EUROfusion Engineering …
1 day ago · 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 programme. Fusion energy holds the promise of providing safe, sustainable and low-carbon baseload energy ...
What is Fusion? - EUROfusion
Nuclei of lighter atoms such as hydrogen collide and fuse to produce nuclei of heavier atoms such as helium and release vast amounts of energy in the process —this is the essence of fusion. Because the energy is derived from the action of nuclei, fusion is a form of nuclear energy. It may be considered the opposite of fission, also a form of nuclear energy, which is …
Roadmap - EUROfusion
The EUROfusion roadmap forms the basis for the programme of EUROfusion and provides a clear and structured way forward to commercial energy from fusion.