The snowflake is not usually associated with extremely high temperatures – yet this image from the latest issue of Fusion in Europe is from the hottest part of a tokamak, the divertor. The snowflake divertor is a new approach to managing the intense heat loads generated by fusion experiments, based on a complex magnetic field configuration. The success of this approach earned a prestigious “R & D 100″ award for the team that developed it, from the EFDA’s Swiss Associate CRPP, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US and Princeton University, US.
The full story is in the Autumn Issue of Fusion in Europe, along with novel tritium recovery methods, how industry benefits from Wendelstein 7-X, a new negative ion source and models of the future global energy market. There is also a round up of JET’s latest progress and future plans – and the interest they are attracting from ITER – and much more.
Follow the link to the right to read the articles online or download the complete issue as a PDF. If you would prefer to get your hands on a hard copy use the subscribe link at the bottom of this page.
Source: EFDA
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