ITER
| Australian fusion scientists and engineers wish to be more closely associated with the international fusion energy development programme, in particular the ITER Project To this end they have formed the Australian ITER Forum.
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ITER Forum Chair wins Young Scientist Award.Dr Matthew Hole, has won the IUPAP C.16 2010 Young Scientist Prize "for his contribution to the measurement, intepretation, analysis, and understanding of wave phenomena in plasmas, as well as his research leadership to champion an Australian research engagement with ITER." He will recieve the corresponding Medal and Certificate during a public ceremony, to take place during the ICPP Conference in Santiago Chile, in August this year. As well he will receive EUR1,000 and be invited to speak on his work at the meeting.
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Image: Photomontage of rendering of next step fusion experiment ITER in an environmental setting. Fusion reactors promise vast quantities of electrical energy with zero greenhouse gas emission and no long lived radioactive byproducts. Montage Tim Wetherell, ITER rendering courtesy of New Scientist.