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September 2020, MJ Pueschel started his new research group. The staunch idealist brings unique theoretical expertise to DIFFER.

The Dutch knowledge institutions NRG/PALLAS, TU Delft, DIFFER, and reactor developer Thorizon have formed a knowledge consortium to accelerate the development of the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). Recent technological developments at the partners form the basis for further design and testing of key processes and materials to build an MSR.

Source and more information: European Council

Midden in een fusiereactor is het onwaarschijnlijk heet. Waterstof dat uit dit binnenste ontsnapt, moet op weg naar de wand worden afgekoeld, anders smelt de reactorwand. DIFFER-onderzoekers ontwikkelden met het EPFL Swiss Plasma Center een strakke meet- en regelmethode om deze hete ontsnapte deeltjes uit het fusieplasma extreem gecontroleerd te kunnen koelen.

The core of a fusion reactor is incredibly hot. Hydrogen that inevitably escapes from it must be cooled on its way to the wall, as otherwise, the reactor wall would be damaged. Researchers from the Dutch institute DIFFER and the EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center have developed a strict measurement and control method for the cooling of very hot particles escaping from fusion plasmas.