Fusion Power Report articles from April - June 2004

Fusion Power Report archives from April - June 2004

Calendar.(Calendar)
May 1, 2009... May 31-June 4 36th International Conference on Plasma Science and 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering. http ://cer.ucsd.edu/icopssofe09 June 24-26 18th Topical Conference Radio-frequency Power in Plasmas. Gent, Belgium....

U.S. set to receive ITER funding.
March 1, 2009... The U.S. will receive $124 million as the first major infusion of funds towards the U.S. contribution to ITER construction. The agreement was reached between House and Senate appropriations conferees and will be part of the FY 2009 Omnibus...

Prager takes helm at PPPL.(Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory)(Department of Energy)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... The U.S. Department of Energy announced Jan. 15 that Princeton University has been awarded a five-year management and operating contract to continue managing the DOE's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The contract runs from April 1, 2009,...

Livermore readies for ignition; looks beyond.(Department of Energy. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... The laser-based National Ignition Facility (NIF) is nearing completion at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). A dedication will be held in late May; a "campaign" to ignite small pellets containing fusion fuel will begin in 2010....

FESAC endorses inertial fusion report.(Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee )(Report)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... In a February 5 letter to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), its Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) endorsed the report of a FESAC panel chaired by Professor Riccardo Betti (U. Rochester) saying, "We believe it provides a...