The COMPASS tokamak has left the experimental hall of the Institute of Plasma Physics after 14 years
On Friday, October 22, the COMPASS tokamak was removed from the IPP's experimental hall. Following dismantling the support and diagnostic systems that took place since September, the 25-tonne device was lifted by a bridge crane and loaded onto a truck. COMPASS stayed in the experimental hall of IPP for fourteen years and had more than twelve years of successful experiments.
26 Oct 2021
A vision for the energy of the future takes concrete shape thanks to a new tokamak
The temperature of up to one hundred million degrees Celsius, or nearly ten times that of the center of the sun, will be inside the Prague Tokamak COMPASS Upgrade, a facility that will make a major contribution to the development of a prototype fusion power plant and which Czech scientists are building for themselves – only about five countries in the world can do so. “His predecessor COMPASS has already raised us among the world leaders,” says director of the UFP Radomír Pánek. "
25 Oct 2021
Open Days at IPP
Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences invites you to attend the open days in Prague and Turnov.
22 Oct 2021
The Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlicek visited the TOPTEC Centre
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade and Transport Karel Havlicek visited the TOPTEC Centre on Thursday, September 9, 2021. He was guided by the director of the institute, Radomír Pánek, and the executive director of the TOPTEC Centre, Vít Lédl. The Member of Parliament David Pražák also attended the meeting.
10 Sep 2021
The COMPASS tokamak ends: the new era of fusion research begins in the Czech Republic
On Friday, August 20, 2021 the last experiment took place at the COMPASS tokamak. In 12 years of operation, more than 21,000 high-temperature plasma discharges have been conducted on it.
20 Aug 2021
The most popular video on the CAS YouTube channel is a lecture on nuclear fusion
The Slavomír Entler's lecture from last year's Science and Technology Week festival has the highest number of views on the YouTube channel of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
12 Aug 2021
