Fusion at core of power dream

thenational Saturday, February 6, 2010 4:53:00 PM CET | info

Nuclear scientists are following the sun in efforts to harness thermonuclear forces, which could provide reliable and reasonably priced energy....

Delays prompt reshuffle at ITER fusion project

nature Friday, February 5, 2010 8:04:00 PM CET | info

In an effort to put the world's largest scientific experiment back on track after delays and cost overruns, Europe is shaking up the agency overseeing its portion of the multinational ITER reactor. On 16 February, Frank Briscoe, a British fusion scientist, will take the reins as interim director of.......

Copenhagen - the Munich of our times?

bbc Thursday, February 4, 2010 9:29:00 AM CET | info

Do you agree with Malini Mehra? Is the Copenhagen Accord worth the paper that it is printed on? Did the summit in the Danish capital show that national self-interest will always come first? Is there no hope of a legally-binding global agreement on climate change? Kyoto resulted in a legally binding agreement, but very little came of it....

Yevgeny Velikhov - a man and a star

ruvr-en Tuesday, February 2, 2010 2:42:00 PM CET | info

The name of the president of the Kurchatov Institute Yevgeny Velikhov is closely related to nuclear physics which he has been engaged in for more than half a century. On February 2 nd he celebrates his 75 th birth anniversary....

One megajoule laser brings nuclear fusion power closer to reality

engadget Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:36:00 PM CET | info

When you think of the laser these days, you're most likely imagining a giant beam that can scorch a few buildings within seconds. Putting your evil thoughts aside, why not think smaller yet more powerful, and something that may change the future of mankind for good? We're talking about the National.......

IT cos vie for $7 billion nuke power deals

economictimes Tuesday, January 5, 2010 9:31:00 PM CET | info

Tech cos, such as TCS, Satyam, QuEST Global & Cranes Software, have evinced interest in bidding for key engineering contracts. Top 10 BPOs | MNC IT in India...

This is no smoking gun, nor Iranian bomb | Norman Dombey

guardian Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:14:00 PM CET | info

Nothing in the published 'intelligence documents' shows Iran is close to having nuclear weapons Seven years ago Condoleezza Rice said "there will always be some uncertainty" in determining how close Iraq may be to obtaining a nuclear weapon, but "we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud"....

Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) Receives $36 Million Contract for High-Performance Superconductors from ITER Fusion Energy Project

earthtimes Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:08:00 PM CET | info

HANAU, Germany - Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) today announced that its Bruker EAS GmbH subsidiary in Hanau has been awarded a 24.5 million Euro contract (USD $36 million) to supply 37 metric tons of high-performance superconducting niobium-tin wire to the ITER...

Steven Chu pledges $350m clean tech fund to sweeten deal at Copenhagen

guardian Tuesday, December 15, 2009 6:26:00 PM CET | info

US energy secretary attempts to show Obama administration is serious about action on climate change The Obama administration tried to sweeten a climate change deal for developing countries today with the promise of a $350m fund for the development of new clean energy technologies....

Latest News : Nuclear fusion is the future

tehrantimes Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:27:00 AM CET | info

The Copenhagen Summit: Could a new nuclear fusion process allow us to escape the whole carbon trap? 'It's time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here.” With that warning to the U.S. Congress in June 1988, the NASA climatologist James.......

Nuclear fusion is the future

telegraph Tuesday, December 8, 2009 8:10:00 AM CET | info

The Copenhagen Summit: Could a new nuclear fusion process allow us to escape the whole carbon trap?...

Japan budget threat sparks backlash

nature Tuesday, December 1, 2009 6:53:00 PM CET | info

Nobel laureates and leading researchers rally to protest at proposed spending cuts....

China climate leadership crucial: Reinfeldt

thelocal Monday, November 30, 2009 3:17:00 PM CET | info

China must play a prominent role in the global fight against climate change, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Monday after a China-EU summit....

International school faces spending scrutiny

asahi Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:14:00 AM CET | info

AOMORI--An international school in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, which has just seven pupils and students but receives tens of millions of yen in state funding a year, faces scrutiny under the second round of budget request reviews that starts today. The school's operating expenses are funded by.......

Scientific Exploration: Ambition Vs. Cost

islamonline-en Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:41:00 PM CET | info

The ITER project, while still a few years away, could also provide an answer to one of humanity's direst problems – energy generation. ITER is the most ambitious project to generate fusion nuclear energy – the type of energy created in the sun. This could mean essentially limitless fuel for everyone in the world....

Fusion power project launch date doubted

russia_today Friday, November 20, 2009 12:10:00 PM CET | info

ITER, the international project to concept proof nuclear fusion technology, may be postponed. The agreed date of launch was put in doubt by some members....

Europe puts brakes on fusion project

nature Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:10:00 PM CET | info

The European Union (EU) is backing away from a 2018 start date for ITER, a multi-billion-euro fusion reactor under construction in the south of France. At an ITER council meeting on 18–19 November, which was held near the reactor's site in St Paul-lez-Durance, delegates from the EU told the.......

Japanese science faces deep cuts

nature Tuesday, November 17, 2009 6:27:00 PM CET | info

The government's election promises vowed more support for science, but so far budgets look set to shrink....

India-EU trade talks suffer labour pain

financialexpress Friday, November 6, 2009 10:41:00 PM CET | info

Even as India and the European Union on Friday signed a pact on an ambitious nuclear energy project, the two sides continued to lock horns over a proposal of latter's proposal to include social issues like labour in a duty-free trade agreement that is being negotiated at present....