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This month, ITER will be launching a new version of its public website. The change was compelled for technical reasons, including the need to ensure reliability for a website that has grown considerably over the past 10 years. The ITER Organization took advantage of the opportunity to update and modernize the design. Readers will see new branding, faster data retrieval, and a more dynamic interface. The navigation will remain similar to the existing site, for familiarity. Look out for the change on Saturday 19 October.

We look forward to your feedback at ITERCommunications@iter.org. 

The JT-60SA experiment has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest tokamak, as measured in terms of plasma volume.

On 4 September 2024 the device, built and exploited by Japan's National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) in conjunction with Europe's Fusion for Energy (F4E), achieved a plasma volume of 160 cubic metres, exceeding the previous world record of 100 cubic metres. A certification ceremony is planned on Saturday 19 October at the Naka Institute for Fusion Science and Technology.

JT-60SA has been designed to support the operation of ITER by following a complementary research and development program, and to investigate how best to optimize the operation of fusion power plants that are built after ITER. Further details of its experimental program are explained in the JT-60SA Research Plan.

-- Photo: Fusion for Energy

EUROfusion “Bernard Bigot” Researcher Grants (ERG) are awarded annually to promising fusion researchers at the post-doctoral stage of their career. Named after the former ITER Director-General (2015-2022), they seek to enable the development of innovative ideas and techniques through grants that cover part of the salaries of the selected candidates and part of the cost of their research activities and missions for a duration of up to two years.

Winners have been announced for the 2024 cycle, for research projects selected on the basis of excellence and novelty.

See the full list on the EUROfusion website.

On 21 November 2024, the European Fusion Education Network FuseNet will organize the FuseNet Student Event. All Bachelor and Master's students interested in fusion are welcome to join online.

During interactive lectures over the course of the day, you will learn about state-of-the-art fusion topics and the role of industry. During the casual social events, you will meet fusion students from all over the world and create a network of future colleagues.

For more information or to sign up see this website. The registration deadline is 14 November.

Late September, ITER Director-General Pietro Barabaschi is honoured with the 2024 Chinese Government Friendship Award in a ceremony in Beijing. This is the highest award granted by the People's Republic of China to foreigners who have made "outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress." Also pictured is fellow recipient Tony Donné (left), physicist and former head of EUROfusion, and WU Sha from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science.