An amateur physicist built a fusion reactor at home. This article may help you build your own

A tinkerer from New York is currently the 38th independent amateur physicist in the world to achieve nuclear fusion from a homemade reactor.

Dream of unlimited, clean nuclear fusion energy within reach

The old joke is that nuclear fusion is always 30 years away. Yet the dream of abundant clean energy is no laughing matter as we meet an ITER researcher to catch up on progress at the reactor facili…

Magnets | Have the last pancake!

After close to five years of intense activity, the winding table at the south end of the European poloidal field coil factory on site is now empty. Last week, [...]

Port cell maintenance | A full-scale mockup for dress rehearsals

Every port in the ITER vacuum vessel has a corresponding port cell in the Tokamak Building. These corridor-like spaces allow heating and fuelling pipes, electr[...]

On site | ITER celebrates important milestones

On 16 June 2022, the ITER amphitheatre was packed with life again after two years of silence, part of a new project culture initiative called "Commit to D[...]

Nuclear enabled hydrogen – how it helps to reach net zero

Nuclear enabled hydrogen is zero carbon, has low cost energy input, is large scale and offers co-location synergies.

Finland welcomes Europe’s most powerful supercomputer

F4E brings fusion to Catalan civil society - Fusion for Energy

The Liga Europea de Cooperación Económica discusses the energy of the future

Bernard Bigot (1950–2022)

Director-general of ITER, the world’s largest fusion experiment.

30e session du Conseil Iter : Progrès, défis et transition

Le Conseil Iter s’est réuni sous une forme hybride - présence physique de certaines délégations, connexion à distance pour d’autres - pour examiner les avancées réalisées par le programme Iter. Le Conseil a ainsi évalué les progrès intervenus dans...

Open Doors Day | Back together again

After more than two years, ITER has resumed a tradition that dates back to 2007—Open Doors Day. On Saturday 18 June, more than 50 "volunteers," staff[...]

30th ITER Council: Progress in a time of challenge and transition

The Council chamber on the fifth floor of the ITER Headquarters building resonated once again with the sound of voices as Member representatives gathered for t[...]