… of its new work package on self-repairing liquid metal walls for the exhaust of future fusion reactors. In the first … against the harsh fusion conditions is one of the main challenges to realizing fusion energy. "One exciting concept … a layer of liquid metal protects the underlying reactor wall against the harsh fusion environment, and this can be …
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… extremely hot, adding fuel to the plasma is quite a challenge. The fuel consists of hydrogen isotopes, which … do enter the plasma, but that in turn poses challenges in terms of control technology. You can best compare this to a … a new idea, my colleagues all come to take a look and give feedback. In my group, three colleagues work specifically on …
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… anyone can vote online on the New Scientist website. The ballot box is open till Monday May 3 at 23:00. Of the five … development of heat shields made from liquid metal. After all, liquid metals cannot crack from the heat. And when … harmony quartet Yellow Submarine will provide a musical intermezzo and the evening will conclude with champagne: the …
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… structure of a catalyst under reaction conditions determines its activity, selectivity, and stability. Recently … These observations indicated the presence of the so-called pressure gap, and made it clear that meaningful … and temperatures. However, most of the techniques traditionally used to study catalysts and their reactions were …
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… of British Colombia in Vancouver. "That is where I really got interested in research," he says. "I felt I wasn't … different came out than we expected, but that was actually more interesting. It worked out very well at the time to be able to identify, one by one, all the different underlying mechanisms of the so-called …
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… power of a nuclear fusion reactor across the vessel wall, an additional divertor can be installed at the top of … this way, the density of fuel in the core reactor volume determines the fusion power production. To control the … and trigger protection probes, on which the control system terminates the discharge. Image Figure 3. On the left, the …
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… (STEP) On 5 March 2026 Bob Kool will defend his thesis called 'Power exhaust control in novel divertor solutions - … in nuclear fusion. Power exhaust is one of the key challenges in nuclear fusion development. In his PhD research, … magnetic cage - a tokamak. Interaction with the reactor wall occurs in a dedicated exhaust region known as the …
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… Dogan is looking hard at pieces of silicium that are literally too small to see. But ring them like a gong by … batteries and catalysts, and their size greatly determines how efficiently they can process energy or matter. … and industry, thinks Doğan. Being able to swiftly determine if a production process delivers the right …
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… engineers. They are working on key technological challenges essential to the European fusion programme. * Dutch … divertor. Hargreaves says: “How will it behave in the long term, what is the performance of the solutions we have in … van de divertor. Hargreaves: “Hoe zal het zich op de lange termijn gedragen, wat is de prestatie van de oplossingen die …
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… PhD involved solving problem after problem. Luckily, I really enjoy solving problems.” Artur Perek worked on the … and piling up." Says Perek. "My goal was to build it, install it on the Swiss TCV tokamak of EPFL, and enable its use … slow, so I decided to improve it. ”It became Perek’s most challenging and successful project. He had to go down to the …
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… My PhD is on the effect of plasma transients on front wall/breeder blanket components. Within the expected 30 year … times causing plasma-material interactions with the front wall. When this happens, a huge amount of thermal energy will … for the success of the structural steel in the long term. By doing this, we can help ensure that fusion reactors …
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… detachment: cooling plasma before it hits the tokamak wall. Perek loved every inch of his PhD. “My PhD involved solving problem after problem. Luckily, I really enjoy solving problems.” Perek worked on the MANTIS … were ordered and piling up. My goal was to build it, install it on the Swiss TCV tokamak of EPFL, and enable its use …
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… project led by TNO. This project is the result of the call “Hydrogen and green electrons for carbon-based … start-ups and scale-ups, aim to deliver internationally renowned results, such as new integrated hydrogenation … of circular carbon and hydrogen technology. About the call The call “Hydrogen and green electrons for carbon-based …
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… Innovative test site for molten salt reactor officially opened by European Commissioner Hoekstra Published on … in the Wennink report and selected to join the European alliance for small modular reactors. These kinds of compact and safe … in the Wennink report and selected to join the European alliance for small modular reactors. These kinds of compact …
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… average demand itself. In addition, the decisions are naturally related: you have to make purchases before you can … a customer. The time span between purchase and sale is usually weeks or months, depending on the part of the … high uncertainty, rolling schedule formulations based on deterministic optimization methods do not yield optimal …
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