Nov 4, 2025
In this ITER Podcast episode, "All About Nothing," listen in to a live conversation with ITER vacuum engineers Robert Pearce and Liam Worth. Co-hosts Kruti Mawani Fayot and Julia Ponomareva learn how science fiction has inspired real engineering, dig deep into the everyday engineering challenges surrounding plasma, inspection, vacuum systems and cryogenics, and laugh a lot.
You’ll also hear about inspection, cleaning, coconuts (yes, really, coconuts), spin-off applications, and how lessons from past experiments are shaping ITER’s vacuum engineering and paving the way for future fusion machines.
Tune into Episode 5 of Behind the Science of Fusion for the good humour, insights and the peek behind the curtain of one of fusion’s most fascinating challenges. Find “All About Nothing” on the ITER website's podcast page or open it directly here https://ecs.page.link/6RrQC . You can also find this episode and all past episodes of the ITER podcast at #Spotify #AmazonMusic #ApplePodcasts #Podbean and #WorldRadioParisFM.