Fusion at ÖAW

28/05/2026

23/04/2026

A new brochure about the activities of the Austrian Fusion Research Unit in 2024 and 2025 has been published. You can find more informations and a link to the brochure here:

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/fusion/news/news-1/fusion-research-in-austria-2024-2025

EUROfusion

21/04/2026

Defining the key physics gaps on the road to a stellarator reactor

Wendelstein 7-X has strengthened confidence in the stellarator as a possible path to fusion power. Building on that progress, experts from leading European laboratories, led by Marcin Jakubowski, project leader of EUROfusion Work Package Stellarator, have worked together to identify the most important physics questions that still need to be answered for a First-of-a-Kind stellarator reactor.

The result is a new community report: Key Physics Uncertainties and Related Investigation Needs towards Stellarator Reactors. It maps and prioritises the main open issues across scenario integration, fast particles and Alfvén waves, core transport, MHD equilibrium and rotational transform control, and heat and particle exhaust and plasma-wall interaction.
By defining these research priorities early, the stellarator community is helping to build a stronger scientific basis for HELIAS First-of-a-Kind and for Europe’s broader fusion roadmap.

Read more here: https://euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/defining-key-physics-gaps-towards-stellarator-reactor/

15/04/2026

“I am intrigued by the reward that waits at the end of the quest towards nuclear fusion on earth – harnessing clean, safe and virtually inexhaustible amounts of energy.” – Jonatan Schatzlmayr (Technical University of Graz)

New PhD interview: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/fusion/news/news-1/33rd-phd-interview-english

20/03/2026

Applications are open for the 2027 EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher Grants funding individual post-doctoral research projects for 2-years starting in 2027.

The grant will contribute to the salaries, research and training activities of up to 9 outstanding early career researchers. For details, see our article on our website:

https://euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/applications-open-for-the-2027-eurofusion-bernard-bigot-researcher-grants/

11/03/2026

Was ist eigentlich Kernfusion? In diesem Video geht Markus Markl von der TU Graz der Frage auf den Grund und erklärt, wie in Zukunft die Energieproduktion mithilfe von Fusionskraftwerken Wirklichkeit werden könnte.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Eg_FAxZbM

Energieerzeugen wie es die Sonne tut? Das könnte in Fusionskraftwerken Wirklichkeit werden. Markus Markl, Forscher an der TU Graz, erklärt.

09/03/2026

03/02/2026