News
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WEST’s ECRH system is operational with its first gyrotron
A new milestone has just been reached at WEST: the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ECRH) system is now operational in plasma with a first gyrotron, paving the way for the injection of 3 MW of ECRH power at 105 GHz.
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WEST concludes the C13 campaign with a major milestone: first H-mode plasmas with ELMs
After nearly three months of experiments, the C13 campaign on WEST has successfully concluded, culminating in the…
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Fusion-EP Master’s Students Defend Their Theses in Prague
The academic year for the Fusion-EP international master’s programme wrapped up from 7 to 9 July 2026,…
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The 10th WEST Governing Board
The10th WEST Governing Board meeting was held on June 24, 2026, at the IRFM, with many of…
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Highlights
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SOFT 2026: IRFM orchestrates, in Aix-en-Provence, the major biennial worldwide gathering on fusion technologies
From 21 to 25 September 2026, IRFM organised in Aix-en-Provence the 34th edition of the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT). After 18 months of preparation, the event brought together 1,200 participants from 30 countries, featuring 100 oral presentations and 800 scientific…
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A radiant ring to protect the tokamak divertor
In a future fusion power plant, the plasma will be heated to temperatures far higher than those found at the Sun’s core. Magnetic fields confine this ultra-hot plasma away from the walls of the vacuum chamber, but at the cost of…
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