News

• 1 February 2010
  HTS Current Leads Procurement Arrangement signed
  Today, F4E Director Didier Gambier signed the Procurement Arrangement (PA) between F4E and the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency regarding Europe’s contribution of High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) current leads to the JT-60SA project. The JT-60SA project is one of the three projects which are jointly being implemented within the Broader Approach Agreement. This PA defines the terms of delivery of the "in-kind" contribution as 26 HTS current leads which will be designed, constructed and tested by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Delivery of the first current leads to Japan is foreseen for 2014.
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• 15 January 2010
  First ITER building contract is now signed
  The contract for the first building to be constructed on the ITER site, the winding facility for the Poloidal Field Coils, was signed on 13 January at the ITER site in Cadarache, France. The contract was signed by Didier Gambier on behalf of Fusion for Energy, and Francois-Xavier Clédat, president of the French company Spie batignolles on behalf of the consortium comprising Spie batignolles, Omega Concept and Setec.
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• 12 January 2010
  Contract for PF coil fabrication building awarded
  F4E awarded the contract for the design and construction of the Poloidal Field (PF) coil fabrication building to the consortium Spie batignolles, Omega Concept and Setec on 16 December 2009. The first of its kind, this contract marks the start of the F4E ITER buildings construction. The contract for the PF coil fabrication building will be signed on 13 January by Didier Gambier, F4E Director, and François Xavier Cledat, President of Spie batignolles, during a ceremony at the ITER construction site in Cadarache. Local French and European representatives will also attend.
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• 11 January 2010
  Fusion for Energy appoints Dr. Frank Briscoe as Director ad interim
  The Governing Board of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy) today appointed Dr. Frank Briscoe as Director ad interim.
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• 22 December 2009
  Principality of Monaco/ITER postdoctoral fellowships 2010 – apply now
  Applications for the Principality of Monaco/ ITER Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are now welcome to be sent to the ITER Organization. These fellowships allow recent PhD graduates to join the ITER Organization for a period up to two years and to carry out project research in many areas of fusion science and technology, including burning plasma physics, fusion plasma diagnostics, electrical engineering, vacuum technology and plasma fuelling technology, cryogenics and thermohydraulics.
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• 18 December 2009
  The first F4E newsletter is published
  F4E News, the electronic quarterly newsletter of Fusion for Energy, is now published. With updates on scientific/technological progress, articles about current procurements, as well as news on F4E-related events and publications, the newsletter aims to inform the fusion community, policy makers in the fields of energy and the environment, industry and SMEs, about Europe's contribution to ITER and the progress of this experiment.
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• 26 November 2009
  F4E's first Annual Report published
  The publication of the first Annual Report of F4E offers a comprehensive account of the different milestones that our young organisation managed to deliver during 2007 and 2008.
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• 29 October 2009
  New Job Opportunities at F4E
  New vacancy notices for recruitment at Fusion for Energy have been published.
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• 20 October 2009
  Spreading fusion to the people
  The seed for a fusion awareness campaign was sown during May this year and from that a collaboration between the EU, ITER IO and the American, Indian, Korean and Japanese Domestic Agencies flourished. The result, was published by New Scientist, a renowned science magazine that reports, explores and interprets science in the context of society and culture.
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