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HiPER Publications
News
July 20th 2010
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Welsh Opto-Electronics Forum Newsletter HiPER Laser, the new approach to fusion energy...... |
June 24th 2010
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3rd European Target Fabrication Workshop You are invited to the 3rd European Target Fabrication Workshop. If you would like to submit an abstract to be considered for an oral presentation, please contact hazel.lowe@stfc.ac.uk by 16th July 2010...... |
June 23rd 2010
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LULI Call for Proposals Deadline 15th August 2010..... |
June 3rd 2010
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Participant's Forum and Fellows Meeting Members of the HiPER community gathered on 3rd and 4th March 2010 for the 3rd Participants’ Forum and the 1st Fellows Meeting, which was held in Prague..... |
May 10th 2010
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Video: Mike Dunne on HiPER and the quest for fusion energy We are at a golden age of laser development and exploitation -- seeing rapid enhancement of capability into ever higher powers and ever shorter pulses, and the emergence of a wide range of applications...... |
April 30th 2010
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Fusion's bright new dawn As we celebrate 50 years of the laser, a milestone looms in the world of laser fusion. Mike Dunne describes how achieving ignition – fusion’s break-even point – with the world’s largest laser will transform the search for abundant, carbon-free electricity...... |
April 26th 2010
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Laser and fusion, the perfect alliance? Access to clean and inexhaustible energy is no longer a mirage. This is the message being proclaimed by the supporters of nuclear fusion, delighted to see the prominence being given on the scientific scene to the ambitious HiPER (High Power laser Energy Research facility) project...... |
March 18th 2010
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Russian Researchers visit to discuss HiPER development On 15-16th March 2010, the HiPER team met with a group of 18 Russian researchers from a large number of institutes in the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Rosatom nuclear research centres, as well as representatives of Russian industry and universities..... |
March 13th 2010
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Laser fusion - demo plant within sight Fusion is the holy grail of power generation. It's been a promise for decades, but has never arrived. The latest method shows promise. Lasers are used to concentrate isotopes of hydrogen. The pressures and densities achieved are close to what occurs in the sun. Mass becomes energy. A demonstration plant at the National Ignition Facility in California is expected to be running in 2 years time. If successful it would produce limitless clean electricity..... |
February 18th 2010
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HiPER Response to the UK Fusion Review An opportunity 'to shape a future global collaboration'.... |
February 11th 2010
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One Planet Albert Einstein, James Bond and the Vulcans - well one at least - are all hot topics on this week's show as Mike heads to the UK's Central Laser Facility to find out whether laser fusion is going to help us meet our future energy needs.... |
February 3rd 2010
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Test Shots Show Laser-Fusion Experiment Is on Target In a study published online this week by Science, researchers at the National Ignition Facility, a huge laser for nuclear fusion experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, describe their first experiments using all 192 of the facility's beams on test targets empty of fuel.... There are 3 versions of this paper available: |
January 30th 2010
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Scientists creating mini-sun on Earth in clean energy breakthrough Scientists are creating a mini-sun on Earth in a breakthrough that could provide an endless supply of cheap, clean energy...... |
January 28th 2010
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Laser fusion test results raise energy hopes A major hurdle to producing fusion energy using lasers has been swept aside, results in a new report show. The controlled fusion of atoms - creating conditions like those in our Sun - has long been touted as a possible revolutionary energy source..... |
January 15th 2010
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R&D - Nuclear fusion may be worth the long wait Capturing the sun’s energy, by redirecting solar heat or using photovoltaic devices, is one of the most active fields of research. An entirely different approach is to recreate on Earth the nuclear fusion that powers the Sun...... |
December 11th 2009
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All the power of the sun Climate sceptic or zealous convert, few people can argue that mankind has to reliquish its dependence on fossil fuels (no, really we do)...... |
December 3rd 2009
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Laser fusion gets HiPERactive These are exciting times for laser fusion. In the next couple of years, the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) should reach “ignition” — the point at which a fusion device starts to kick out more energy than it takes in. But what happens after that?..... |
November 25th 2009
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Participation in PhD Open Day at Culham Representatives of the HiPER project took part in an open day designed to attract young scientists to embark on PhD's in fusion science...... |
November 20th 2009
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Institution of Civil Engineers highlights potential of fusion energy On 20th November The Institution of Civil Engineers released its “State of the Nation” report on Low Carbon Infrastructure, with Fusion Energy featuring in the report for the first time. |
October 29th 2009
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HiPER gears up for engagement with industry Through October members of the HiPER team accelerated efforts to engage with industry – a key step in moving the project forward..... |
October 2nd 2009
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HiPER - the other way to fusion energy There are two ways to achieve fusion on Earth. In "magnetic fusion", strong magnetic fields confine a tenuous plasma inside a vacuum vessel. By way of various heating techniques, this plasma is brought to the temperature at which fusion reactions can occur. This is a path that was chosen half a century ago to pursue industrial production of electricity — magnetic fusion is what ITER and all tokamaks are about..... |
September 2nd 2009
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Research Council's Energy Programme: Review of Fusion Energy Research The EPSRC and STFC have established a project to carry out a full review of the UK fusion for energy programme. The review will take place over the coming months and will be completed by December 2009.... Your views are sought for the consultation exercise. |
September 2nd 2009
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Die Sonne auf Erden Europäische Physiker wollen mit Laserstrahlen endlich die Kernfusion schaffen. Aber zuvor müssen viele Hindernisse überwunden werden. |
August 26th 2009
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HiPER Power Nuclear fusion, the reaction that burns at the centre of the Sun, could provide safe, carbon free energy and solve the global energy crisis. The catch? Nobody’s quite worked out the finer detail of how to tame fusion reactions here on Earth....... |
May 28th 2009
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Europe's big lasers: the exawatt roadmap Researchers and industry will need to work closely together if Europe is to maximize the returns on its investment in a planned new generation of high-power laser facilities being built over the next decade...... |
May 28th 2009
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California fires up laser fusion machine Success at National Ignition Facility could pave the way for commercial laser fusion power stations and provide a solution to world energy crisis..... |
May 14th 2009
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A significant decision for HiPER A significant milestone in the HiPER project occurred on 5th March in INFN (Frascati) when the HiPER Executive Board took the unanimous decision that HiPER should operate at high repetition rate – consistent with the requirements of a future fusion reactor...... |
May 13th 2009
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EVENT International School of Quantum Electronics 46th Course Atoms & plasmas in super intense laser fields Erice-Sicily: 10 - 16 July 2009 |
May 11th 2009
April 29th 2009
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Big lasers, big science, big questions Caryl Richards reports from Prague on Europe's plans for petawatt lasers and beyond.... |
April 14th 2009
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Preparing Scientists for a fusion-powered future A pioneering new course at the University of York will train scientists whose work could pave the way for a world powered by limitless energy...... |
April 1st 2009
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Experiment to advance fusion hopes Dr Kate Lancaster, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, says fusion is the holy grail of physics.... |
March 31st 2009
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World’s biggest laser powers up Physicists are on the verge of demonstrating perhaps the ultimate application of the laser: creating nuclear fusion in the lab..... |
March 31st 2009
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Giant Laser Experiment Powers Up The US has finished constructing a huge physics experiment aimed at recreating conditions at the heart of our Sun. |
March 15th 2009
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Lasers to create mini sun in hunt for clean energy Physicists hope to develop the first form of nuclear fusion technology by firing laser beams at a pellet of hydrogen |
February 17th 2009
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Horizon 2008-2009 - Can we make a star on Earth? The BBC Horizon programme looks into how scientists and engineers are tackling the greatest challenge - making fusion power. BBC iPlayer (programme may have limited availability) |
February 16th 2009
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How to build a star on Earth Physicist Professor Brian Cox has looked at the different strategies now being pursued to make nuclear fusion a reality. His personal assessment is presented on the BBC's Horizon programme...... |
February 6th 2009
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A Europa vai "HiPER" No passado dia 6 de outubro, mais de duzentos cientistas e políticos de dez países Europeus e dos estados unidos - incluindo três cientistas de Portugal..... |
January 29th 2009
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Science: So we can help save the planet - 1. So Laser Fusion The holy grail of nuclear research has long been the ‘fusion’ reactor. It uses the power that drives the sun, so we know it works, but scientists have yet to replicate the process on Earth..... |
December 27th 2008
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Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star It is science’s star experiment: an attempt to create an artificial sun on earth — and provide an answer to the world’s impending energy shortage.... |
October 19th 2008
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The Naked Scientists: Science Radio & Science Podcasts Fusion power with lasers: an interview with Dr Kate Lancaster from the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory... |
October 13th 2008
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Plans for ground-breaking power station move forwardPLANS which could see a groundbreaking power station built in Oxfordshire have taken a step forward. Scientists and Government officials from Britain and nine other countries have signed an agreement to co-operate on the planning and design of HiPER (High Power Laser Energy Research Facility)........ |
October 9th 2008
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Futuristic laser energy research group launched The UK is to take a co-ordinating role in a new project that was launched this week that will promote the use of lasers with nuclear fusion as an energy source, writes Rachel James.......... |
October 8th 2008
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Progetto HiPER - fusione nucleare con tecnologia laser Lunedì 6 ottobre è partito il progetto HIPER (”High power laser for energy research”) per dimostrare la fattibilità della fusione nucleare mediante laser.... |
October 8th 2008
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Europe moves forward with laser-fusion plans Physicists and politicians from across Europe and beyond gathered at London's Science Museum on Monday to mark the beginning of a three-year "preparatory phase" of a new €1bn project known as the European High Power Laser Energy Research Facility (HiPER). So why do we need another fusion energy project? physicsworld.com looks for the answers.......... |
October 8th 2008
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Europe announces its HiPER laser fusion programme Europe is on track to build a huge laser fusion facility, a step on the road to fusion-based power stations in the middle of the century.......... |
October 7th 2008
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Europe follows fusion twin track An alternative fusion project has been kicked off in Europe that would seek abundant clean energy using a colossal laser the size of a football stadium.......... |
October 6th 2008
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Professor Mike Dunne discusses a £1bn project to harness the power of nuclear fusion on Radio 4's Today programme |
October 6th 2008
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Laser driven fusion to develop the path to carbon-free energy on a global scale European High Power Laser Energry Research Facility (HiPER) preparatory phase launched today. The quest for abundant safe clean energy is one of the most important challenges facing mankind and HiPER, a European research project led by the UK will harness nature's prime energy source - Fusion - to demonstrate a credible path to laser driven fusion as a commercial energy production source and offer a broad based science research facility......... |
October 6th 2008
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HiPER Launch Event Scientisits, politicians and press gathered together at the Science Museum in London on 6th October 2008 at a prestigious event to mark the beginning of the three-year Preparatory Phase of the HiPER project.......... |
October 5th 2008
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Nuclear fusion energy project could lead to limitless clean energy The power of the sun is to be recreated in a new £1 billion science project which aims to provide a clean and almost limitless source of energy.......... |
September 28th 2008
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A technology hotter than the sun A lab in Oxfordshire expects a fusion breakthrough soon. Looking beyond the energy needs of the next couple of decades, a new technology is beginning to appear on the horizon. Nuclear fusion promises the prospect of abundant carbon-free electricity - if only some epic technical hurdles can be overcome..... |
September 19th 2008
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HiPER Launch Event A prestigious launch event is planned to mark the start of the HiPER Preparatory Phase Project. To be held at the Science Museum in London on 6th October 2008, this will comprise a plenary session in the IMAX theatre (in the afternoon) and a celebration reception and dinner (in the evening)..... |
July 14th 2008
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RCUK Unveils 2008 Roadmap of Large Research Facilities the Research Councils UK (RCUK) today unveils its 2008 Large Facilities Roadmap, featuring a wide array of major research infrastructures such as light sources, research ships, state of the art laboratories and social data sets....... |
June 2008
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HiPER experimental access to LULI Call for Application for beam time at LULI on the 100TW and LULI2000 is now open for 2009. The closing date is 14th July 2008....... |
May 19th 2008
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Laser heats up the fusion future The world's most powerful laser has heated matter to 10 million Celsius, hotter than the surface of the Sun. |
May 19th 2008
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Hotter than the Sun....petawatt lasers heat solid density matter to 10 million degrees A milestone in high energy density science has been reached by an international team of physicists from Japan, the EU and the US. |
May 19th 2008
May 4th 2008
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Scientists to 'recreate sun' in hunt for energy - A nuclear fusion laboratory designed to recreate the temperatures and pressures inside the sun could be built in Oxfordshire under plans being drawn up by British scientists |
January 1st 2008
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When it's time to be HiPER aware - Fusion is not a new concept. For over 40 years, physicists have seen it as the Holy Grail of energy production. Despite the political obstacles currently facing nuclear power, there are other schemes that claim to hold more promise for fusion projects - like HiPER. |