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  • How do we protect the wall of a fusion reactor? ‘By simply looking with a camera we can learn a whole lot’

    … do we ensure that the walls of the reactor remain intact under the extreme conditions that accompany a hot fusion plasma?’ PhD … en TU/e . Auteurs: Tijs Wijkamp, Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. … There are technological obstacles on the road …
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  • Mysterious sliding dust turns out to bounce along

    … in a fusion reactor hits the reactor's exhaust wall, dust particles will inevitably erode from the wall and be swept … et.al.*, Nuclear Fusion * This work was carried out under Eurofusion Enabling Research Project WP14-ER-01/VR-01​ … weeks of two shifts per day since Spring of 2015. Go to the News page. … When the hot, dense plasma in a fusion reactor …
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  • PhD Defense: Yu Li

    … PhD thesis titled "Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Tungsten Under Fusion-relevant Hydrogen Plasma Loads" on 18 June 2021 … - 12:00 CEST. The defense will take place online. Tungsten under plasma loads Nuclear fusion is a promising way to … the global energy challenge. Tungsten is used to handle the extreme fusion exhaust, the performance of which is critical …
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  • Plasma facing materials and components for fusion reactors

    … environmental conditions such as high thermal loads and particle fluxes. These exposure conditions may cause a … of plasma facing components are suitable for an application under such exposure conditions detailed qualification … Important issues are the performance of materials under high cycle transients, after/during neutron …
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  • Research

    … Research Control of the heat and particle exhaust The extreme conditions in a nuclear fusion … Read more > … Control of the heat and particle exhaust The extreme conditions in a nuclear fusion reactor result in …
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  • New routes for the energy transition

    … still unclear what the mix of energy carriers in our future carbon neutral energy system will look like. But we cannot … the energy transition into the environment. Investment under uncertainty The third topic are the business … million euros for research projects within the NWA routes: news item NWO website Go to the News page. … TNO, Utrecht …
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  • First materials analysis in Ion Beam Facility

    … we scanned a resonance in the scattering cross-section of carbon in order to calibrate the energy of the ion beam. "In … fuels experiments and other materials research are already underway.   Contact m [368] a [368] vandenberg [18] differ … van den Berg) Lead engineer Ion Beam Facility Previous news items Ion accelerator for materials research moves to …
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  • DIFFER Seminar: Soccer, physics modelling, social habits and COVID data: How to assign infections to social changes due to large scale sports events

    … properties of the pandemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 have been understood very early. However, it remains difficult to this … that they are very diverse, which at the same time poses extreme challenges on the modelling of pandemic spread under … dynamics in each country. Bio:  I am an experimental particle physicist at the University of Bonn, with a focus …
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  • Superconducting magnet for Magnum-PSI has arrived

    … DIFFER can now study the long-term behaviour of materials under the harsh conditions in future fusion reactors. On … Magnum-PSI is to investigate if materials can cope with the extreme circumstances in a fusion reactor, a sustainable … Koppers, Marc van de Pol, Ton Arends (DIFFER). Go to the News page. … With the installation of a superconducting …
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  • Liquid metal layer protects fusion reactor wall against incredible heat

    … fusion energy is to find a material that can withstand the extreme plasma conditions near the reactor exhaust or  … fusion reactor ITER , the divertor will face a continuous particle bombardment and a heat flux of ten megawatt per … to connect with the European fusion research. Go to the News page. … In order to win clean and sustainable energy …
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  • Steering Committee for external use of Magnum-PSI

    … the facility's research program for external users. Extreme plasma surface interactions Magnum-PSI is the only … fusion energy. Magnum-PSI facility for materials research under ITER-like plasma conditions To advise on promising … facility Ion Beam Facility Apply for beam time Go to the News page. … During the Plasma Facing Components Conference …
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  • Isotope Mass Scaling and Transport Comparison between the JET Deuterium and Tritium Plasmas

    … the whole plasma radius. The isotope mass dependence in the particle transport channel is negligible, supported also by the perturbative particle transport analysis from the gas puff modulation. The comparison of the edge particle fuelling or ionisation profiles from the …
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  • Beamlines

    … allowing for in situ and operando studies of materials under mid-flux plasma exposure. Beamline 7 goes to an ex … After plasma exposure, the target can be retracted under vacuum into the Target Exchange and Analysis Chamber … enables in situ and operando studies of materials under extreme conditions in energy systems. Upgraded Pilot-PSI …
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  • Vidi grant Thomas Morgan for liquid fusion reactor walls

    … plasma deposits more heat on the liquid tin, evaporation grows the vapor layer in front of the liquid to absorb more … the performance of liquid metals such as tin or lithium under the same conditions as expected in ITER. Although ITER … can sea water solve the world's energy problem?   PREVIOUS NEWS ON LIQUID METAL WALLS Metal vapour to protect fusion …
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  • Start of ITER reactor assembly

    … facility in the world capable of testing wall materials under the extreme conditions expected in ITER . We also work to … of the ITER tokamak. Image: ITER Organization Go to the News page. … "ITER is a promise of progress and of …
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