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While the meltdown crisis in Fukushima has raised awareness around the world of the dangers of nuclear power, Lithuania, with its limited natural resources, appears to have little choice but to rely on atomic energy to reduce its heavy reliance on natural gas from Russia.

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Proof of the creativity of scientists is in some of the names given to very complicated and esoteric phenomena – fishbones are a delightful example. The diagram above shows oscillations in the magnetic field inside JET.

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Ready, in line with specifications and delivered on time. The Poloidal Field (PF) coils building has proudly claimed the title of the first out of 39 buildings to be constructed on the ITER site. The building that we have followed from day one during the last two years, witnessing the erection of its foundations, the hours put in by its workforce and the arrival of its equipment, has been completed!

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The Special Issue on Z-Pinch Plasmas will focus on the latest advances in the physics understanding of Z-pinches.

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The GOLEM tokamak in Prague is organising GOMTRAIC, the GOlem reMote TRAIning Course. In three months, the participants will learn how to operate and diagnose this small tokamak machine without leaving their nests. All they need is a recommendation message from their tutor and the internet Access

Deadline for applications - end of February 2012.

List of tasks:

• Breakdown studies ...
• Comparison of tokamak discharges in H and He working gas.
• Determination of plasma resistance and electron temperature, variation with different discharge regimes
• First wall conditioning. Baking of the vessel and glow discharge influence on plasma performance.
• Generation of runaway electrons in different discharge regimes by means of hard X ray radiation.
• Plasma MHD Activity Observations via Magnetic Diagnostics
• Plasma position studies
• Radial profile of the floating potential and plasma density (determination of radial electric field and poloidal plasma velocity)
• Role of vertical magnetic field on plasma performance.
• Spectroscopy studies
• Other tasks

For details see: GOMTRAIC Website