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  • A positive flow for researcher Mark Cornelissen: two publications in Nuclear Fusion journal

    … A positive flow for researcher Mark Cornelissen: two publications in Nuclear Fusion journal Published on February 25, 2025 Recently, two …
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  • Challenge: control beam in fusion reactor fans out further than expected

    … Challenge: control beam in fusion reactor fans out further than expected Published on March 16, 2023 A Dutch-American team of researchers has discovered that the beam to suppress plasma …
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  • Bridge builder Tony Donné looks back on career as a fusion researcher

    … Bridge builder Tony Donné looks back on career as a fusion researcher Published on December 13, 2023 Tony Donné … efforts, and it ensures that we can share researchers and facilities. Together, we figure out what research is needed, …
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  • The protection of the wall of a fusion reactor: Data-driven models to control the heat exhaust in Tokamak à Configuration Variable (TCV)

    … The protection of the wall of a fusion reactor: Data-driven models to … PhD candidate at DIFFER, conducted experiments on the TCV research tokamak at the Swiss Plasma Centre in Lausanne. …
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  • DIFFER Seminar: Progress along the path towards fusion electricity

    … DIFFER Seminar: Progress along the path towards fusion electricity    Attend this seminar? Use the registration … focus is on experiments and modelling to optimise the ITER Research Plan. This includes specifically experiments in …
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  • First plasma in upgraded extreme materials-facility Magnum-PSI

    … milestone in the relocation of this unique experiment for fusion wall materials. Magnum-PSI will be fully operational … Lamers / DIFFER Wall materials for an artificial sun Fusion research aims to turn the process which powers the sun into … full scientific operations", says DIFFER's head of fusion facilities Hans van Eck. Creating the first plasma required …
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  • World record plasma exposure in Magnum-PSI

    … Published on March 27, 2018 On Wednesday 21 March, the research facility Magnum-PSI at DIFFER (Dutch Institute for … longest exposure of a material to the harsh plasma conditions in future fusion reactors. Magnum-PSI exposed tungsten wall components …
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  • Steering Committee for external use of Magnum-PSI

    … , DIFFER has installed a Steering Committee for its research facility Magnum-PSI . Greg De Temmerman (ITER … to the extreme plasma conditions at the edge of future fusion power plants. Research on Magnum-PSI includes work on … and suggest or assess possible extensions of the DIFFER PSI facilities.   READ MORE Magnum-PSI facility Ion Beam …
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  • Spearheading use of AI to unlock fusion energy

    … Spearheading use of AI to unlock fusion energy Published on September 12, 2024 By launching 15 new research projects, EUROfusion is engaging data science … The EUROfusion consortium coordinates experts, students and facilities from across Europe to advance fusion energy in …
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  • Work starts on Pilot-PSI Upgrade

    … 14, 2016 DIFFER has started the assembly of an upgraded version of its successful Pilot-PSI (Plasma Surface Interaction) … be aligned further and connected." Real-time insights for fusion and beyond Pilot-PSI Upgrade will deliver new … processes are involved? This is really unknown physics." Research will not necessarily limit itself to the study of …
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  • Living and breathing energy research

    … Living and breathing energy research Published on June 08, 2020 At the end of his tenure … enabling the real time capturing of emission lines of the fusion plasma. That technique is now used to monitor … the only Dutch party with access to international fusion facilities. But for other energy research topics, we are …
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  • First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility

    … on April 18, 2018 On Wednesday April 11th, the team of Fusion Facilities & Instrumentation at DIFFER achieved an important … facility Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP). With this new facility, research will be performed on what occurs in the top several …
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  • Smart*Light

    … a ‘table-top synchrotron’ for materials science research, medical diagnostics and cultural heritage Research … for the investigation of important artworks. Synchrotron facilities X-ray technology is used in a multitude of … to gain more knowledge about and improve materials in fusion reactors. In the long run, the availability of an …
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  • Interview Egbert Westerhof: Always in motion

    … student. He saw the institute evolve from an exclusively fusion-focused ‘family’ inhabiting a medieval castle to a … business-like community committed to fundamental energy research and situated on a modern university campus. As … over Europe come to us. Not only for our unique research facilities, but also because of the excellent reputation of …
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  • Conditioning of a superconducting Magnum-PSI

    … Conditioning of a superconducting Magnum-PSI Published on January … new superconducting magnet in October 2016 , DIFFER's main research facility to study Plasma Surface Interactions is … intense plasma's expected at the exhaust of these future fusion reactors. With its plasma beam confined by the newly …
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