News
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First plasma shots for the WEST Gyrotron
The first plasma shots with the new gyrotron took place on April 8.
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A memorable experimental campaign !
The experimental campaign that began in mid-January 2025 was completed at the end of April, with a…
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Participation in the WEST Experiments of our Chinese ASIPP collaborators
From 24 March to 4 April 2025, a delegation of 12 employees from ASIPP (Hefei, China) took…
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Fusion Master Students at the CEA’s IRFM
From 17 to 28 February, 22 students from the Masters in Fusion Sciences in Marseille, Nancy and…
Agenda
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Festival de Théorie
From 30/06/2025 to 25/07/202508:00-17:00 -
21st Edition of the European Fusion Theory Conference (EFTC)
From 23/09/2025 to 26/09/202508:00-17:00 -
34th SOFT Conference
From 21/09/2026 to 25/09/202608:00-17:00
Highlights
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Fewer runaways than expected in ITER disruptions !
During a disruption in a tokamak, a beam of very energetic electrons, known as ‘runaways’, can form and potentially damage the inner wall. ITER is paying particular attention to this issue. Simulations carried out by the IRFM have highlighted an effect…
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A low-activation plasma component for future fusion power plants
For the first time, an actively cooled model, with solid tungsten facing the plasma and Eurofer97 as a low-activation structural material, withstood heat fluxes of the order of 3 MW/m². The manufacture and testing of this model is the result of…
Recent publications
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Key figures
- 300 people
- 30 doctoral and post-doctoral students
- 25 collaborators
- almost 200 publications a year
300
People
30
Doctoral students
25
Collaborators
190+
Publications