Tokamak Dust Studies Collaboration (STOR-M and WEST)

A fusion reactor is a device capable of producing even more power than a fission reactor, with carbon free emissions and no long lived radioactive waste. No fusion reactor exists as of yet, though the tokamak design is a promising candidate. The goal of a modern tokamak is to produce a fourth state of matter, known as a plasma. Subsequently, the plasma must be contained and heated in order to generate excess heat from fusion reactions occurring within the plasma. Understanding how this hot plasma interacts with its container is a critical step in designing a fusion reactor. At the WEST tokamak facility and PIIM laboratory at Aix-Marseille University, the intern will analyze various micro and nanoparticles (dust) produced by plasma interactions with the tokamak wall, in order to better understand their erosion, deposition and structure. In addition, the intern will work on tracking simulations of dust particle dynamics is the WEST tokamak.

Faculty Supervisor:

Lénaïc Couëdel

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Partner:

Aix-Marseille Université

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Saskatchewan

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