''Nuclear Fusion'' is a

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s, special issue articles, conferences summaries and book reviews on the theoretical and practical research based on controlled

thermonuclear fusion Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nuclei, nuclei/neutron by-products. The difference in mass between the reactants and products is manifested as either the release or absorption of ener ...

. The journal was first published in September, 1960 by IAEA and its head office was housed at the headquarter of IAEA in

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. Since 2002, the journal has been jointly published by IAEA and

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The Nuclear Fusion Award

Since 2006, this award has been given each year to a particular paper of highest standard. The editorial board selects the recipient from all the research papers published in the Nuclear Fusion journal two years prior to the award year. The list of recipients are - * Tim Luce (2006) * Clemente Angioni,

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (, IPP) is a physics institute investigating the physical foundations of a fusion power plant. The IPP is an institute of the Max Planck Society, part of the European Atomic Energy Community, and an ...

, Germany (2007) * Todd Evans (2008) * Steve Sabbagh,

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, USA (2009) * John Rice,

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(2010) * Hajime Urano,

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, Japan (2011) * Pat Diamond,

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(2012) * Dennis Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (2013) * Phil Snyder,

General Atomics General Atomics (GA) is an American energy and defense corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, that specializes in research and technology development. This includes physics research in support of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion en ...

, USA (2014) * Robert Goldston,

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science. Its primary mission is research into and development of fusion as an energy source. It is know ...

, USA (2015) * Sebastijan Brezinsek, EUROfusion Consortium and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany (2016) * Francois Ryter, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany (2017) * A. Kallenbach, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany (2018) * N.T. Howard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (2019) * C. Theiler, Swiss Plasma Center, Switzerland (2020)

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