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<p>The French YouTuber and scientific populizer Dimitri Ferrière, alias Monsieur Bidouille, has published a second video on the ITER Project.</p> <p>His <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36WpRwY2DYw">first video</a>, based on a three-day visit to the ITER worksite, introduced the project to over one million viewers in September 2021. This month, he is back with a video that reviews recent developments in the world of fusion, including startup projects, and compares their scope and ambition with ITER.</p> <p>You can watch it (in French) on Monsieur Bidouille's YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbTrTaFylOs">here</a>.</p&gt;

<p>Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Union organization managing Europe's contribution to ITER, is currently seeking to recruit a new Director.</p> <p>The Director will be appointed as a member of staff of F4E for a period of five years, which may be extended once in accordance with the F4E statutes. The Director is the chief executive officer responsible for the day-to-day management of F4E and is its legal representative.</p> <p>F4E manages the European contribution to ITER, and is also involved in three major fusion R&amp;D projects stemming from the <a href="https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/other-projects/&quot; target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Broader Approach Agreement</a>&nbsp;signed between Europe and Japan. The agency is currently staffed by approximately 440 employees and 400 external contractors.</p> <p><em><strong>Read the full announcement on the F4E website&nbsp;<a href="https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/news/f4e-seeks-to-recruit-director-3/…; <p><em><strong>Go straight to the vacancy notice <a href="https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/F4E_DIR_VA…;

<p>Investment in private fusion companies has more than doubled in the past year and eight new companies have been founded, bringing the total to around 33.</p> <p>According to the global fusion industry <a href="https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/post/the-global-fusion-indust… Report</a>, six companies have now each raised over $200m in total, with notable investments in the last year including over $1.8 billion for Commonwealth Fusion Systems and $500m for Helion Energy, allowing them to develop pilot plants to demonstrate fusion electricity.</p> <p>The huge step up in investment, coupled with increasing government support for fusion in the U.K. and the U.S., is increasing confidence within the fusion industry.</p> <p>Andrew Holland, Chief Executive Officer of the Fusion Industry Association, states in the report, "We must not see a 'competition' between publicly funded and privately funded fusion approaches; instead, we must build real partnerships [...]&nbsp;With investment accelerating, it is increasingly likely that commercial fusion will become a reality within the next two decades, providing the basis for prosperity, safety, and security for many years to come."</p> <p><em>Photo: Commonwealth Fusion Systems and its SPARC project raised over&nbsp;$1.8 billion last year.</em></p> <p><em><strong>Read the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniewindridge/2022/07/14/huge-growth-in… article</a> in Forbes.</strong></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>In advance of the delivery of the first European vacuum vessel sector this autumn, the European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy has released a new <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionforenergy/with/52231995890/">series of photos</a> from the European workshops in Italy where the sub-parts of five sectors are manufactured and assembled.</p> <p>At Mangiarotti&nbsp;S.p.A (Monfalcone),&nbsp;see the final activities underway on sector #5, which will be the first to arrive. The four sub-segments have been welded into the final D shape and detailed inspections are underway.</p> <p>At Walter Tosto&nbsp;S.p.A (Chieti), technicians on working on multiple sectors, performing welding, inserting in-wall shielding, and carrying out inspections.</p> <p>And at Belleli Energy EPC (Mantova), one poloidal segment is shown in the radiographic testing bunker, while others are prepared for welding, or cleaned during final inspection.</p> <div class="Hhmu2e wDYxhc NFQFxe viOShc LKPcQc" lang="en-FR" data-md="16" data-hveid="CE4QAA" data-ved="2ahUKEwiItvv3yoz5AhWIh_0HHQ8IB4oQhyh6BAhOEAA"> <div class="Ftghae iirjIb DaSCDf"> <div class="SPZz6b">Fusion for Energy (F4E), managing the European contribution to ITER, has entrusted the fabrication of five European vacuum vessel sectors to the AMW consortium (Ansaldo Nucleare, Mangiarotti, Walter Tosto) and their subcontractors ENSA, Belleli. Completion figures range between 81% (Sector #2) and 97% (Sector #5).&nbsp;</div> <div class="SPZz6b">&nbsp;</div> <div class="SPZz6b"><strong>See the photos on the Fusion for Energy <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fusionforenergy">Flickr page</a>&nbsp;(May 2022).</strong></div> </div> </div>