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The Sixth Hungarian Plasma Physics and Fusion Technology Workshop

The Sixth Hungarian Plasma Physics and Fusion Technology Workshop is organised by the EURATOM fusion Association of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences(Association/HAS). Its aim is to provide a forum for exchanging information between Hungarian plasma physicists and their international colleagues working in different fields. To promote discussions all presentations are done orally. The official language of the workshop is English. You can find up-to-date information […]

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An international panel of experts has approved the next design phase of the first fusion power plant with a Hungarian nuclear expert member

An international panel of experts has approved the next design phase of the first fusion power plant with a Hungarian nuclear expert member

An independent panel of experts reviewed the R&D and design work of EUROfusion, the European fusion research organization, at DEMO, the future demonstration fusion power plant, from 19 to 25 November 2020. The Hungarian member of the 5-member international body is Prof. Dr. Attila Aszódi, professor of the Institute of Nuclear Techniques of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The head of the board […]

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One of the key technologies for the first power plant-sized fusion reactor to be tested at the Centre for Energy Research

One of the key technologies for the first power plant-sized fusion reactor to be tested at the Centre for Energy Research

Hungarian researchers and companies will develop a machine protection system for the international fusion project ITER. The Shattered Pellet Injector is designed to quickly quench the fusion reaction before it can damage the inner walls. The project was made possible through a 2.4 million euro tender won by the Fusion Plasma Physics Department of the Centre for Energy Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network together with […]

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MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma

MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma

A flash of purple plasma followed by applause echoing over a video connection: on 29th October, the UK’s new fusion device MAST Upgrade officially commenced operation. EUROfusion asked experts from around Europe about their involvement in this new fusion experiment. A cored apple is the favorite image that the British fusion researchers at UKAEA love to conjure for their main experiment MAST Upgrade. At 50 […]

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We moved

We moved

It is nearly the end of a 7 month long process, in which the majority of the Hungarian fusion research has moved to the Centre for Energy Research(EK). As a result, the Fusion Plasma Physics and the Fusion Technology Department have been established. The inertial fusion research activities stayed at the Wigner Research Centre for Physics because the laser infrastructure is located there. „Nuclear energy […]

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One of the world’s largest fusion technology conference has started in Budapest

One of the world’s largest fusion technology conference has started in Budapest

A week-long symposium on fusion technology began at the Budapest Congress Center. Researchers and engineers from all over the world will report on the latest technological developments in fusion energy research during lectures, exhibitions and bilateral talks. The International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT) was opened by Dr. Gábor Veres Department leader of the Plasma Physics Department of the Wigner Research Centre for Physics, […]

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As first Europeans, researchers from Wigner delivers a camera system to the Japanese fusion experiment

As first Europeans, researchers from Wigner delivers a camera system to the Japanese fusion experiment

It’s not the first time It’s not the first time Wigner researchers build a video diagnostic system for fusion experiments. At the end of 2015, the world’s largest stellarator-type fusion experiment began, for which the Hungarian researchers and engineers developed and intelligent surveillance system consisting 10 cameras. A few month later, German Chancellor Angela Merkel also saw the first hydrogen plasma (about at 40 minutes […]

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EUROfusion and Fusion for Energy project leaders have visited Wigner RCP to check the status of video diagnostic being built for Japan

EUROfusion and Fusion for Energy project leaders have visited Wigner RCP to check the status of video diagnostic being built for Japan

European fusion research coordinator EUROfusion and european ITER contribution coordinator Fusion for Energy have visited Wigner Research Centre for Physics. The aim of the delegation was to check the status of the video diagnostic being built for Japanese JT-60SA tokamak which is developed by Hungarian physicists and engineers. This video diagnostic will be the first european one on this device. “Wigner institute expertise in tokamak […]

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Fusion: New successful experiments on the German stellarator with scientists from Wigner RCP

Fusion: New successful experiments on the German stellarator with scientists from Wigner RCP

Another successful experimental period have been finished on the German fusion device, Wendelstein 7-X. Plasma discharges longer than ever have been recorded by the video diagnostic and beam emission spectroscopy developed by Wigner Research Centre. The restarted experiments in July was preceded by half-year improvements from the Wigner Plasma Physics Department, which is discussed in more detail here. One of the goals of Wendelstein 7-X […]

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Tokamak engineering in Budapest

Tokamak engineering in Budapest

In the very last week of the summer (27-31 August 2018) international students from 6 countries and 3 continents gathered in Budapest for a lecture series on Tokamak engineering by guest lecturer Tom Todd.  After a quick review on fusion basics the audience could learn “How to build a tokamak?” already in the first morning. On the next days, the retired Chief Technologist of the […]

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