Code
3F002710
Duration
01 October 2010 → 31 May 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Applied mathematics in specific fields
- Atomic and molecular physics
- Classical physics
- Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
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Engineering and technology
- Other engineering and technology
Keywords
tokamak
physics of materials
tritium retention
nuclear fusion
plasma-wall interaction
plasma physics
modeling
Project description
With the new VISION I plasmatron at the SCK-CEN (Mol) it is possible to study the combined effect of different operational conditions in a tokamak. Deep understanding of the interaction between fusion plasma and inner reactor materials is indispensable for the design of the ITER tokamak and future commercial fusion power plants. Obtaining this knowledge requires also dedicated modeling.