… ITER in Physica Scripta . The team exposed pieces of ITER's tungsten reactor wall to almost 20 hours of intense plasma … to intense plasma in Magnum-PSI. credit: DIFFER Good news To test how well tungsten can handle ITER-like plasma … hardly absorbs any deuterium, one part of the deuterium-tritium fuel mix of ITER. In terms of absorption into …
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… first generation fusion reactors and its successors. Higher neutron loading and longer duty cycles mean we may need more … These deposits could be a significant sink of fusion fuel (tritium), as well as potentially forming dust by … effect of irradiation damage in tungsten (W) on deuterium retention. In fusion reactors, neutron irradiation creates …
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… ‘Influence of synergistic proton and plasma loading on retention in tungsten’. Morbey aims to determine the … the defect density in tungsten plasma facing components and tritium retention. Image Maria Morbey and Stefan Dasbach … website of EUROfusion . Author: Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. …
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… fusion, a process where light atoms like deuterium and tritium fuse to form helium, releasing vast amounts of … her thesis called 'Deuterium Dynamics in Lithium Layers: Retention and Release Under Fusion Relevant Plasmas'. The … not go unnoticed. Author: Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. …
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… defense Maria Morbey: Deuterium Dynamics in Lithium Layers: Retention and Release Under Fusion Relevant Plasmas On 9 … including the Sun, where hydrogen iso-topes, deuterium and tritium, fuse to form helium and a neutron releasing immense energy. On Earth, generating …
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… The capability of ERO is demonstrated on the example of tungsten erosion and deposition modelling. The dependence of tungsten deposition on plasma temperature and density is … and density. It is seen that up to 100% of eroded tungsten can be promptly deposited near to the location of …
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… for research on the development of additively manufactured tungsten heat shields for nuclear fusion Published on … research project ‘Development of additively manufactured tungsten heat shields for nuclear fusion’ can start. This … (in English and Dutch). Author: Rianne van Hoek Go to the News page. …
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… DIFFER Seminar: ITER Tritium breeding test blanket program Attend this … of four different Test Blanket Systems, representative for tritium breeding concepts of the concerned ITER members and … oxide lithium compounds as solid breeder, and beryllium as neutron multiplier, and one employs lithium-lead eutectic …
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… and Transport Comparison between the JET Deuterium and Tritium Plasmas Attend this seminar? Use the registration … mass scaling experiment between pure Deuterium and pure Tritium plasmas with matched rho*, nu*, beta_n, q and Te/Ti … energy confinement time Bt\tau_E,th * A in favour of the Tritium plasma. This can be cast in the form of the …
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… that energy needs to leave by passing through the wall. Tungsten is a heat-resistant metal that serves as the wall … such as for other energy sources, EUV lithography, and neutron sources. Setup of the LiMeS Plasma Device. Credit: … introduction video: https://youtu.be/p2l7-uhuxlQ Go to the News page. …
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… metal structures with a high melting point, such as tungsten can be printed. The 3D printing system is part of … print metal structures with a high melting point, such as tungsten. The research is part of the project 'Development … Equipment and Prototype Center (EPC) at TU/e Go to the News page. …
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… accelerator lab to study how tungsten reactor walls get damaged by fast particles that fly out of a fusion plasma. … undamaged tungsten. That has very low solubility, so good news. We showed that damaged tungsten will absorb a lot more … borders paid off once more: "In Wisconsin I worked on neutron-damaged materials again, but this time in the …
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… defend his PhD thesis titled "Thermo-mechanical Behavior of Tungsten Under Fusion-relevant Hydrogen Plasma Loads" on 18 … 11:00 - 12:00 CEST. The defense will take place online. Tungsten under plasma loads Nuclear fusion is a promising way to address the global energy challenge. Tungsten is used to handle the extreme fusion exhaust, the …
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… improved performance compared to the old machine. Oxidized tungsten target before and after plasma exposure in UPP. … Thomas Morgan, group leader Plasma Material Interactions News item: First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility Go to the News page. … Thomas Morgan, group leader Plasma Material Interactions News item: First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility …
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… Fusion research facility JET’s final tritium experiments yield new energy record Published on … learn from many exceptional people.” Read more about this news in the Q&A with DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel … energievoorziening belooft te worden. Read more about this news in the Q&A with DIFFER researcher Matthijs van Berkel …
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