Disruption Physics

What actually happens in a disruption, and why avoiding it matters.

Phases

Thermal + current quench

A disruption chains together a thermal quench (heat dumped in under a millisecond) and a current quench (current collapsing in milliseconds), generating heat loads, electromagnetic forces and runaway electrons. Understanding the chain is what enables avoidance and mitigation — and why the disruption-free burner is architecturally attractive.

Kronos designs the breeder conservatively to minimise disruption risk.