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  • EUROfusion Engineering Grant Thomas Blanken

    … EUROfusion Engineering Grant Thomas Blanken Published on May 07, … and control of the hot, turbulent plasma in a fusion reactor. Normal021falsefalsefalseNLX-NONEX-NONE/* Style … and state reconstruction for tokamak plasmas. Go to the News page. … 7 May 2015 Dutch PhD student Thomas Blanken won …
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  • New approach simplifies fusion physics

    … New approach simplifies fusion physics Published on November 05, 2018 Sometimes it … and abundant power. To reach fusion conditions in their reactors, they need to carefully manage the state of the hot … article on heat transport in fusion plasmas Go to the News page. … Sometimes it takes a fresh pair of eyes to …
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  • Neural networking wins EUROfusion Enabling Research grant

    … Neural networking wins EUROfusion Enabling Research grant Published on November 23, … Plasma Center , aims to significantly accelerate fusion reactor simulation through application of machine learning … increase the exchange of ideas from other fields. Go to the News page. … DIFFER has landed an Enabling Research grant …
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  • PhD defense Jos Scholte: The viability of liquid metals as a plasma-facing material in nuclear fusion devices

    … Scholte: The viability of liquid metals as a plasma-facing material in nuclear fusion devices Jos Scholte will defend his PhD thesis … sound counter-intuitive, however unlike a solid, a liquid wall by definition cannot fail through melting or breaking. …
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  • Nuclear fusion and business opportunities: second edition Dutch Fusion Day dedicated to innovating together

    … Nuclear fusion and business opportunities: second edition Dutch … dieper in op actuele thema’s: Dr. Thomas Morgan (DIFFER) - Materials in Extreme Conditions Prof. Maarten Steinbuch … door DIFFER, EIRES-TU/e en BigScienceNL.   Go to the News page. … On Friday 9 May 2025, the second edition of the …
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  • Science for future energy

    … mission is to perform leading fundamental research on materials, processes, and systems for a global sustainable … the problem of heat and particles that strike the reactor wall, and get to understand the physics of plasma … Keep in touch We would like to keep in touch. The DIFFER newsletter EXPLORE updates you on research, events and other …
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  • EUROfusion welcomes Dr. Gianfranco Federici as the new Programme Manager

    … EUROfusion welcomes Dr. Gianfranco Federici as the new Programme … 2024, Dr. Gianfranco Federici was elected to be the new EUROfusion Programme Manager following a rigorous selection … on the 1 st January 2025. Author: EUROfusion Go to the News page. … At the 49th General Assembly held in Barcelona, …
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  • Opening up the DIFFER facilities: successful international collaborations for future energy

    … My PhD is on the effect of plasma transients on front wall/breeder blanket components. Within the expected 30 year … will be experienced at least 2500 times causing plasma-material interactions with the front wall. When this … future. Authors: Hannah Tipping, Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. … Part of DIFFER’s strategy is to open up our …
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  • IEEE Outstanding Student Paper Prize (OSPP) for DIFFER researcher Chris Orrico

    … MPC Strategies for Fueling and Density Control in Fusion Tokamaks’. The prize was presented by the technical … He finalized his master’s thesis in Thomas Morgan’s Plasma Material Interactions research group. Innovation loop After … 7, pp. 1897-1902, 2023 Author: Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. … DIFFER researcher Chris Orrico receives the …
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  • Magnum-PSI superconducting magnet reaches maximum field

    … allow the team to perform unique long duration tests of wall materials under realistic fusion reactor conditions.   To … from ITER and other fusion experiments .   Go to the News page. … On 23 November 2016 the new superconducting …
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  • Starting signal for research on the development of additively manufactured tungsten heat shields for nuclear fusion

    … focuses on how to reduce the heat load on the reactor wall and ensure its durability. Image Thomas Morgan is group leader Plasma Material Interactions at DIFFER © DIFFER/Bart van Overbeeke … (in English and Dutch). Author: Rianne van Hoek   Go to the News page. … Thanks to funding through the NWO Open …
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  • MAST Upgrade starts up its first plasma

    … over a video connection: on 29 October 2020, the UK's new fusion device MAST Upgrade officially commenced operation. … efficiently cool outflowing plasma and protect the exhaust wall. Typically the inner walls of a tokamak are protected … Website MAST Upgrade EUROfusion Roadmap to Fusion Energy News story on EUROfusion (source) DIFFER Groups Energy …
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  • Machine learning highly speeds up the modelling of nuclear fusion reactors

    … Machine learning highly speeds up the modelling of nuclear fusion reactors Published on March 29, 2021 Using machine learning … high-energy-density physics   Text by Bennie Mols Go to the News page. … Using machine learning is a promising trend in …
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  • Cover article Physics Today diagnoses plasma instabilities

    … Physics Today's October 2015 edition tackles heat loss in fusion reactors. The authors zoom in on interactions between … Strong magnetic fields isolate the fuel from the reactor walls, but that is not enough to run a smooth fusion … instabilities. (Images copyright Physics Today)   Go to the News page. … 26 October 2015 The cover article for Physics …
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  • Tyburska-Pueschel project leader Ion Beam: "A culture of giving back."

    … from many fields. "At the moment we already  investigate materials properties for our in-house group on fusion wall materials. I also hope to attract our solar fuels … undamaged tungsten. That has very low solubility, so good news. We showed that damaged tungsten will absorb a lot more …
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