journal article·2021-06Open access

The helium bubble: Prospects for 3He-fuelled nuclear fusion

Greg De Temmerman

Joule· Volume 5· Issue 6

Abstract

Download : Download high-res image (316KB) Download : Download full-size image Greg De Temmerman has worked in the field of fusion energy for 18 years. He led the plasma-material interaction group at DIFFER in the Netherlands from 2000 to 2014 and was a coordinating scientist at the ITER Organization from 2014 to 2020. His research has focused on plasma-material interactions, specializing on tritium retention, materials damage, and lifetime. He developed scaling laws to predict tritium retention in fusion reactors and unique experimental facilities to better understand materials behavior under extreme conditions. He has authored more than 220 publications. He is currently managing director at Zenon Research, a non-profit think tank, and associate researcher at MINES ParisTech.
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OpenAlex topics: Fusion materials and technologies · Nuclear Materials and Properties · Magnetic confinement fusion research

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