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 ...

2026 EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher Grants Applications are open for 2-year post-doctoral research projects This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, ...

In a major scientific achievement, European researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility have set a new world energy record of 69 megajoules released in sustained and controlled fusion ...

Landmark results from EUROfusion scientists and engineers at world-leading Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Oxford, UK Record-breaking 59 megajoules of sustained fusion energy demonstrates ...

Screenshots from a ‘Neon-Seed Integrated ITER Baseline Plasma Scenarios in D-T’ pulse video recorded during the EUROfusion DTE3 campaign at JET, showcasing pivotal experiments at the forefront of ...

One of the critical questions in developing future fusion power plants is: which materials can withstand the extreme conditions inside the reactor while efficiently breeding the necessary tritium fuel ...

EUROfusion task force leader Emmanuelle Tsitrone. Image courtesy of Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA). Used with permission. The divertor, at the bottom of a tokamak ...

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 ...

A special issue of the scientific journal Fusion Engineering & Design presents the state of the art in designing Europe's demonstration fusion power plant DEMO. The European research consortium ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fusion energy in a few years and at a fraction of the cost of ITER – the new SPARC concept of Commonwealth Fusion System (Massachusetts, US) seems too good to be true. How realistic is this compact ...