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Teaching module on nuclear fusion certified
July 30th 2009
3 November 2008
Thursday 30th of October a teaching module on nuclear fusion for secondary school pupils was certified by the Dutch Ministry of Education. This assures that the module will now become part of a new subject on the Dutch curriculum, called "Nature, Life and Technology" (NLT). The module was developed by Erik Min (chief editor) and Amy Shumack from Rijnhuizen in close collaboration with secondary school physics teachers Lieke Heimel and Peter van Soest.
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Energy - powering your world
July 30th 2009
30 September 2008
Where does energy come from, how does our use of energy impact our environment and how will we meet our energy needs in the future? In the recent Dutch translation of his book Energy, powering your world, public information officer Mark Tiele Westra of the FOM Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen explores the world of energy research and development. The richly illustrated and very accessible book is a great introduction tot the world of energy for secundary-school students and anyone who is interested in the engine of our civilization.
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Intriguing structures of gold nanoparticles
July 30th 2009
1 August 2008
Scientists from Germany, Canada and The Netherlands have studied tiny gold nanoparticles, so-called clusters, and found them to have fascinating arrangements of their constituent atoms. For example, twenty gold atoms form a tetrahedron, a sort of pyramid. The nineteen-atom cluster is a truncated pyramid, which can be formed by cutting off one corner atom from the twenty-atom gold pyramid. The structures have been identified using the Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments FELIX at the FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen in Nieuwegein. Detailed knowledge about the geometries of such nanoparticles can lead to a better understanding of the unexpected catalytic activity of very small gold particles. The researchers published their results in Science on 1 August 2008.
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KSTAR has successfully achieved its First Plasma Target
July 30th 2009
23 July 2008
The KSTAR, a fully superconducting tokamak device with advanced Nb3Sn superconducting technology, has come a long way with all critical aspects resolved and successfully tested after "assembly completion" milestone in September 14, 2007. After full commissioning process started in February of this year, the National Fusion Research Institute officially announced that the KSTAR has successfully achieved the First Plasma on July 15, 2008.
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Interdisciplinary MESA+/Rijnhuizen Research Proposal Awarded First Place
July 30th 2009
16 July 2008
The Technology Foundation STW has honoured a strategic research proposal involving a number of MESA+ research groups at the University of Twente with the first prize. The nSI Department of Rijnhuizen is participating in the project.
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