News
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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, when partner institution the Czech Technical University (CTU) welcomed students to Prague for their final thesis defenses.
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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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IRFM’s Participation in the 2nd Meeting of the International Committee on the Review of the Physical Design of CFEDR
The second meeting of the International Advisory Committee on the Physical Design of the China Fusion Engineering…
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Tokamak Operator Training at IRFM: a Successful Second International Session
From March 2 to 6, 2026, IRFM organized the second edition of its training program for tokamak…
Agenda
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34th SOFT Conference
From 21/09/2026 at 8:00 AM to 25/09/2026 at 5:00 PM
Highlights
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Tungsten-Diamond Composites for Fusion Plasmas?
The current reference material for plasma-facing components in ITER and fusion power plant projects is tungsten. However, when subjected to the extreme heat fluxes of these machines, its mechanical properties deteriorate. The combination of tungsten and diamond—which has very high thermal…
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Simulations conducted at the IRFM confirm the value of negative-triangularity plasmas
In tokamaks, particular attention has been paid in recent years to plasma configurations with negative triangularity, as opposed to the more traditional positive triangularity. Numerical modeling of experiments conducted on the DIII-D (USA), using the JOREK-GK code, has confirmed a decrease…
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- 300 people
- 30 doctoral and post-doctoral students
- 25 collaborators
- almost 200 publications a year
300
People
30
Doctoral students
25
Collaborators
190+
Publications