Fusion is combining light atoms, for example two hydrogen isotopes, deuterium and tritium, to form the heavier helium.

With the transition from ITER to DEMO, fusion will go from a science-driven, lab-based exercise to an industry-driven and technology-driven programme.

The EUROfusion consortium brings together 4800 researchers, staff and students from its member institutes and affiliated entities from across Europe.

Following Eddington’s paper, Robert d’Escourt Atkinson and Fritz Houtermans provided the first calculations of the rate of nuclear fusion in stars. And at the same time, Ernest Rutherford was ...

EUROfusion’s Fusion Science programme is designed to coordinate experiments to gather physics knowledge to ensure the efficient experimentation in ITER.

EUROfusion supports and funds fusion research activities on behalf of the European Commission’s Euratom programme.

The EUROfusion roadmap forms the basis for the programme of EUROfusion and provides a clear and structured way forward to commercial energy from fusion.

The objectives of the Fusion Science Programme are the development of plasma regimes for ITER and investigating solutions to manage the heat exhaust in future fusion power plants. This work has been ...

In a major scientific achievement, European researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility have set a new world energy record of 69 megajoules released in sustained and controlled fusion ...

Explainer video about the JET record by EUROfusion programme manager Tony Donné: Watch the video on YouTube! Landmark results from EUROfusion scientists and engineers at world-leading Joint European ...

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The fusion reaction releases neutrons, the energy of which will be used in future power stations to heat water to heat drive the power plant. The neutrons would be quite dangerous to humans, but when ...