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UC Santa Cruz scientists to develop diamond-based sensors to monitor fusion-energy generation
Diamonds can withstand the extreme radiation inside the reactor of a nuclear power plant
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Diamond-based detectors may help unlock safer fusion reactors
At UC Santa Cruz, physicists have secured $555,000 to develop a next-generation monitoring system for future fusion plants. Their approach relies on an unlikely hero, artificial diamonds engineered to detect the nuclear “burn” products released during fusion reactions.
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New Physics Department professorship reflects an engineer’s love of science and his spouse
Bruce Schumm is the inaugural Darrell D.E. Long and Elaine N. Long Family Professor in Experimental Physics