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Understanding tritium retention localisation in nuclear fusion fuel systems – materials strand project
Supervisors: Philip Edmondson (lead – University of Manchester), Lee Margetts (University of Manchester) & Steven van Boxel (UKAEA). Nuclear fusion power offers the potential to provide a clean and abundant...
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Development of detailed plasma-atom-molecule reaction schemes for modelling divertor gas seeding – plasma strand project
Supervisor: Andrew R Gibson (University of York, lead) and Christopher Ridgers (University of York). Magnetically confined fusion (MCF) devices are one of the major classes of current and future fusion...
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Stability requirements for Volume Ignition – plasma strand project
Supervisors: John Pasley (University of York), Luca Antonelli (First Light Fusion). Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is one of the possible approaches to releasing energy via nuclear fusion for power production...
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The effect of neutrals on edge turbulence in magnetic confinement fusion devices – plasma strand project
Supervisor: C.P. Ridgers (Main supervisor – University of York) & Q. Xia (Collaborator – Culham Centre for Fusion Energy) & Ben Dudson (Collaborator – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). Plasmas are...
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Data-driven validation framework for thermal modelling of plasma facing components – materials strand project
Supervisors: Dr Ksenija Dvurecenska (University of Liverpool), Dr Adel Tayeb (UKAEA) In a nuclear fusion reactor Plasma Facing Components (PFCs) are subjected to extreme environmental conditions which induce thermomechanical loads....
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Intermittent fluctuation statistics in spherical tori – plasma strand project
Supervisors: Istvan Cziegler (lead academic, University of York), Alsu Sladkomedova (Tokamak Energy scientist, technical). Heat and mass transport in a tokamak plasma is dominated by turbulence. Although significant progress has...
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Hydrogen trapping and permeation in metallic and ceramic coatings for fusion powerplant applications- materials strand project
Supervisors: Philip Edmondson (University of Manchester), Hazel Gardner (UKAEA). Future fusion powerplants must maintain tritium inventory to ensure safe and sustainable plant operations. Structural materials in the breeder blanket and...
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Experimental investigation of fast transients in the MAST-U Super-X divertor and its relation to the SOL – plasma strand project
Supervisors: Istvan Cziegler (lead University of York), Christopher Ridgers (University of York) & Kevin Verhaegh (lead CCFE). One of the foremost challenges of magnetic fusion energy is allowing efficient power...
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Developing and using simulation tools for the tokamak exhaust – plasma strand project
Supervisors: Christopher Ridgers (University of York) David Moulton (CCFE). Mainstream fusion devices necessarily involve the creation of a hot plasma at close to 100 million degrees. This plasma can be...
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Tungsten Coatings for Nuclear Fusion Applications – materials strand project
Supervisor/s: Dr Ying Chen and Dr David Hall (University of Manchester), & Dr James Wade-Zhu (UKAEA) The first-wall of a fusion reactor is the primary layer that protects the structural...