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05.05.2011
13th PFMC Workshop / 1st FEMaS Conference
More than 250 top scientists from all over the world meet in Rosenheim (Germany) 9-13 May 2011 for a participation in 13th International Workshop on Plasma-Facing Materials and Components for Fusion Applications / 1st International Conference on Fusion Energy Materials Science ...

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20.09.2010
Connecting Fusion Material Research to Top-Level Labs
The development of materials thar are capable of sustaining the harsh environment inside a fusion reactor is one of the most challenging tasks ...

(more information can be found on page 4 of the attached EFDA - Fusion News)
EFDA - Fusion News 2010-09

06.08.2010
ESRF Science News --> A FEMaS success story
Three-dimensional images of the porous microstructure in plasma-sprayed tungsten are needed to assess whether the material is suitable as a coating for nuclear fusion reactors ...
ESRF - Spotlight on Science

05.05.2010
FEMaS - Mid Term Review
The European research environment for fusion materials science is well on the way.
Look at the article in IMPULSE ...
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09.12.2009
FEMaS 2nd workshop (Athens)
From 13th to 15th January 2010 more than 70 top top European Fusion Materials Researchers from 27 research institutes and universities from 17 member states of the European Community met in Athens ...
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01.07.2009
International Summer School on Micro-Mechanical Experiments
From 7 - 10 July 2009 the Erich Schmid Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences hosted the Summer School on Micro-Mechanical Experiments ...
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12.01.2009
FEMaS 1st workshop (Lisbon)
More than 60 scientists from 27 research institutes from
17 member states of the European Community met in Lisbon
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08.10.2008
FEMaS Kick-off meeting
In a Coordination Action, the EURATOM 7th Framework
Programme for nuclear research and training launched
the FEMaS-CA on October 1,2008.
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Logo FEMaS (300 dpi) [PNG, 42 KB]

Kick-off meeting, 08.10.2008 (Source: IPP) [JPG, 849 KB]

Plasma vessel of ASDEX Upgrade (Source: IPP) [JPG, 718 KB]

Section of the plasma vessel of Wendelstein 7-X (Source: IPP) [JPG, 372 KB]

Fracture surface of a SiC fibre-reinforced Cu metal matrix composite (Source: IPP) [JPG, 46 KB]

Cu matrix composite after push-out tests (Source: IPP) [JPG, 54 KB]

200 kV TEM from JANNuS facility (Source: CEA) [JPG, 44 KB]

Experimental apparatus under ultra-high vacuum on ESRF beamline ID08 (Source: ERSF) [JPG, 607 KB]

EDS map of an oxide dispersion strengthened steel (Source: University of Oxford) [JPG, 22 KB]

Tomography 3-D image of an oxide dispersion strengthened steel (Source: University of Oxford) [JPG, 37 KB]

View into the FRMII reactor (Source: TUM-FRMII) [JPG, 647 KB]

Start Plasma (Source: EFDA) [JPG, 11 KB]

Vessel sector B ready for installation (Source: ITER) [JPG, 208 KB]

Press contact persons

Dr. Christian Linsmeier
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

Phone:
+49 89 3299 2285
Fax: +49 89 3299 1212
linsmeier@ipp.mpg.de

Dipl. Verwaltungsw. Elmar Neitzert
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik

Phone:
+49 89 3299 1626
Fax: +49 89 3299 1212
elmar.neitzert@ipp.mpg.de

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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Atomic Energy Community’s
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 / 2007-2011) under Grant Agreement No 224752.
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