TUL scientists take part in one of the greatest research projects in the world!

Scientists from the Department of Microelectronics and Information Systems of Lodz University of Technology, directed by professor Andrzej Napieralski, have been engaged in the international project ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor for over ten years. The project concerns the construction of an experimental fusion reactor of the tokamak type also known as the "artificial sun". A few days ago in France, the assembly of the reactor began.

A group of researchers from the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic, Computer and Control Engineering, TUL, headed by dr hab. inż. Dariusz Makowski, professor of the university, have been conducting research on the design and development of complex information and electronic systems to be deployed in the reactor, e.g. for plasma diagnostics.

ITER is the first plasma reactor in the world to generate more energy than it consumes. Generating and sustaining plasma at hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius over a long time in a terrestrial environment is the main concern.

Research efforts by scientists from all over the world, who for years now have been working on the project, are aimed at achieving safe and clean energy through controlled thermonuclear reactions. ITER is to provide the foundation for future generations of fusion reactors with a capacity of 3000-4000 MW.

Scientists have been seeking to recreate processes taking place in the Sun, where huge amounts of energy are safely generated through thermonuclear fusion. Unlike decay reactions, which are the basis of current nuclear power plants, this process does not generate any radioactive waste.

To find out more about the research conducted by the scientists from the Department of Microelectronics and Information Systems of Lodz University of Technology, visit the blog of Lodz University of Technology.