… Fusion research facility JET’s final tritium experiments … megajoules using a mere 0.21 milligrams of fuel. JET is a tokamak, a design which uses powerful magnetic fields to … never done before and deepened our understanding of fusion physics.” Emmanuel Joffrin, EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation …
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… intuition to strict control: Heat loss control method in fusion reactors in Nature Communications Published on … the wall, as otherwise, the reactor wall would be damaged. Researchers from the Dutch institute DIFFER and the EPFL’s … Vrije Universiteit Brussel, MIT, Institute of Plasma Physics of CAS, CCFE, and the Max Planck Institute for …
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… Our fusion energy research The worldwide energy transition from … more Want to learn more about nuclear fusion? High school physics website natuurkunde.nl covered the quest for fusion …
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… FOM awards 2.3 million euros to tame fusion reactor exhaust Published on December 01, 2016 FOM Institute DIFFER is starting a large research program to tackle the greatest barrier on the road … protect the reactor wall from contact with the fusion plasma (hot, charged gas), except at the reactor's exhaust. …
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… the Netherlands Professor emeritus Theoretical Plasma Physics, Physics and Astronomy Department, Utrecht … as laboratory applications focused on harnessing controlled fusion energy. This introduction to magnetohydrodynamics … constitutes a comprehensive reference for students and researchers interested in plasma physics, astrophysics and …
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… April 16, 2020 By combining a deep understanding of plasma physics with machine learning techniques, DIFFER researchers developed a new ultrafast neural network model of the turbulent plasma in a fusion reactor. The neural network can accurately predict …
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… over a video connection: on 29 October 2020, the UK's new fusion device MAST Upgrade officially commenced operation. … will give important guidance to ITER and DEMO." Fusion researchers throughout Europe followed MAST Upgrade's first … & Control, group leader Matthijs van Berkel Plasma Edge Physics and Diagnostics, group leader Ivo Classen DIFFER …
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… van Berkel receives Vidi for holistic control system for fusion reactor Published on July 01, 2022 DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel receives a prestigious Vidi … prevailing thought was: let's make sure we can maintain a plasma first. According to Van Berkel, refueling a fusion …
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… Bridge builder Tony Donné looks back on career as a fusion researcher Published on December 13, 2023 Tony Donné … career. Image In 1980, you completed your degree in physics cum laude at the University of Utrecht and then …
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… Our research Within the Plasma Material Interactions group we … is currently among the key research topics in the nuclear fusion community. Here we approach this research question at … of the confined plasma in high-performance discharges in tokamaks. When they travel down the magnetic field lines …
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… Jonathan Citrin: “I want to help build the cathedral of fusion” Published on July 12, 2022 Jonathan Citrin, leader … in the area of nuclear fusion and the beauty of his research field. Jonathan Citrin. (c) Bram Lamers/DIFFER … to Israel, where he completed high school and studied physics. In 2009 he moved to the Netherlands to start his …
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… PhD defense: Ray Chandra DIFFER PhD researcher Ray Chandra will defend his thesis Plasma exhaust for fusion reactors: numerical simulation and comparison with … for future fusion reactors. Ray Chandra investigated the physics governing the reduction of heat by the cold gas …
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… People M.N. Tsampas, senior researcher 07/2014 - now: Senior Scientist, Group leader, … interests: Fuel cells, electrolyzers, wastewater treatment; plasma-assisted electrocatalysts/model electrodes … Centre for Atomic Research, India 2013-2018 : Ph.D. in Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India …
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… Research Control of the heat and particle exhaust The extreme conditions in a nuclear fusion reactor result in high heat and particle loads on the … and control Particle injection is fundamental for tokamak operation and connects to many control problems …
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… edge of the plasma and its interaction with the divertor. Fusion reactions in the core of the plasma create large … on each other. The divertor plasma in the ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak The plasma can erode, transport and redeposit the … of the EUROfusion consortium, which comprises 30 fusion research organisations and universities from 26 European …
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