Putting the heat on components

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http://www.everything-science.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=2

Europe’s most modern facility for testing large, heat-resistant components used in fusion devices is now in operation at Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmapyhsik (IPP) in Garching near Munich. The special feature of GLADIS (Garching Large Divertor Sample Test Facility): The heat test facility is suitable for investigating not only small samples but also large components with their own water cooling. The energy for the heat tests is supplied by two powerful particle beams: Fast hydrogen ions deposit powers of up to 90 megawatts per square metre of test sample in pulses of up to 30 seconds. The reaction of components to high loads is recorded by numerous measuring facilities. The first task of GLADIS will be to test components for the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment, now being built at Greifswald Branch Institute of IPP. The facility can subsequently be used for preparing the ITER international test reactor.

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[Astronuc]

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) is concerned with investigating the physical principles underlying a nuclear fusion power plant, which - like the sun - will produce energy from the fusion of light atomic nuclei.

Some basics of fusion

Overview of fusion R&D in Europe

European Fusion Development Agreement