{"id":233632,"date":"2025-09-17T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/233632\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:49:17","slug":"cern-and-fusion-energy-advancing-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/233632\/","title":{"rendered":"CERN and fusion energy, advancing together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n        CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) sign a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological development in areas of common interest, including high-temperature superconducting magnets and fusion energy\n      <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">On 10 September 2025, CERN and <a href=\"https:\/\/fusionforenergy.europa.eu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fusion for Energy<\/a> (F4E) signed a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological development in areas of common interest. F4E is the European Union organisation managing Europe\u2019s contribution to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iter.org\/?untranslated=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ITER<\/a> \u2013 the world\u2019s largest scientific experiment on the path to fusion energy.<\/p>\n<p>This new agreement was originally sparked by the shared interest of both CERN and F4E in high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet technologies and fusion energy. It opens the door to a wide range of collaborations, particularly in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>engineering design and construction of large scientific instruments and experiments, including industrial production follow-up and quality management;<\/li>\n<li>testing of materials, components and systems;<\/li>\n<li>organisation, planning and follow-up of scientific projects;<\/li>\n<li>knowledge and technology transfer;<\/li>\n<li>research and development in physics and in engineering and technologies relevant to future scientific experiments and demonstrators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cds.cern.ch\/images\/CERN-PHOTO-202509-202-3\" title=\"View on CDS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Accelerators,History of CERN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758106157_680_file\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nFusion for Energy (F4E) Director Marc Lachaise (left) and CERN Director for Accelerators and Technology Mike Lamont sign the framework collaboration agreement between CERN and F4E on 10 September 2025. (Image: CERN)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this cooperation agreement, we will strengthen F4E\u2019s capacity to deliver and, in parallel, address and answer complex questions in the fields of fusion energy and particle physics,\u201d says Marc Lachaise, Director of F4E. \u201cBy working together, we will capitalise on the excellence, talent and expertise resulting from large-scale international projects managed respectively by the two organisations. This collaboration is vital for the advancement of fusion energy together with that of science. It is a fantastic step in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a complex and fast-changing world, delivering large-scale scientific infrastructure calls for shared vision, technical synergy and organisational resilience,\u201d says Mike Lamont, CERN\u2019s Director for Accelerators and Technology. \u201cCERN and F4E face many of the same challenges \u2013 from advanced magnet technologies to sustainable project execution over decades. This agreement reinforces a partnership built on mutual interests and long-term commitment. It was a pleasure to welcome Marc Lachaise and the F4E team to CERN, and to advance a shared agenda for science and its impact on society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This framework collaboration agreement builds on and strengthens existing ties between CERN and F4E, which began in 2014 with a collaboration agreement on the impact of radiation on materials. That cooperation was further extended in April 2025 with a new agreement on radiofrequency (RF) power couplers.<\/p>\n<p>CERN established a dedicated fusion technology coordination unit in 2023, bringing together experts in accelerators, magnet technology, and <a href=\"https:\/\/kt.cern\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">knowledge transfer<\/a>. This unit reflects CERN\u2019s growing commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and its potential impact beyond particle physics. The new agreement with F4E is a prominent example of that approach in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CERN and Fusion for Energy (F4E) sign a major framework collaboration agreement to advance scientific research and technological&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":233633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[807,810,808,809,811,492,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-233632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-physics","8":"tag-cern","9":"tag-high-energy-physics","10":"tag-large-hadron-collider","11":"tag-lhc","12":"tag-particles","13":"tag-physics","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115219252090092919","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}