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Beata Tyburska-Pueschel sees a multitude of research opportunities lie ahead in the coming decades. The new group leader of the Radiation-Induced Defect Research group (RIDER) has ambitious plans for the future: “Now is the moment it is going to take off.”

During the 17th International Symposium on Advanced Plasma Science and its Applications for Nitrides and Nanomaterials (ISPlasma2025) and the 18th International Conference on Plasma-Nano Technology & Sciences (IC-PLANTS2025), EIRES director and DIFFER group leader Richard van de Sanden has been awarded the Plasma Materials Science Hall of Fame Prize for 2024.

The province of North Brabant is investing nearly €4 million in the further development of a new generation of nuclear reactors. A consortium of companies Thorizon, VDL Groep and DEMCON will work in Brabant over the next few years to develop and test crucial components for a molten salt reactor.

Recently, two companion papers of PhD candidate Mark Cornelissen have been published in the journal Nuclear Fusion. The studies explore the role of impurity entrainment in the power exhaust of fusion devices. This achievement highlights Cornelissen’s dedication and the significance of his research in the field of nuclear fusion.

A new plasma duration record in Europe: on 12 February 2025, scientists from CEA-IRFM in southern France sustained a hydrogen plasma in the WEST tokamak for 1337 seconds (approximately 22 minutes) with an injected and extracted energy of 2.6 GJ. This was a 25% improvement on the previous record time achieved with EAST, in China, a few weeks previously.