Research by the FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen

The FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen was established in 1958 as the Dutch centre for fusion energy research. The institute still plays this role. Both experimental and theoretical research into high-temperature plasmas and the technical applications of these in fusion experiments form the main objective of the institute. As the progress of fusion research requires experiments at an ever increasing scale, international collaboration is becoming increasingly important. Rijnhuizen is a member of the Trilateral Euregio Cluster (TEC), a partnership with institutes in Jülich (Germany) and Brussels (Belgium). The TEC team carries out experiments on the TEXTOR tokamak in Jülich. A Magnum PSI is currently being constructed at Rijnhuizen. Magnum PSI is an experiment that is used to investigate the interaction between the hot ITER plasma and the wall of the reactor. Finally, Rijnhuizen is coordinating the construction of two ITER components, the Upper Port Launcher (heating) and the Upper Port Viewer (measuring instrument).

• Plasma-wall interaction
• Heating systems
• Measuring instruments
• Transport in tokamaks