Alba Gordo – Fusion Group

Group member presents her Master Thesis with flying colours

September 28, 2018October 30, 2020

Our Fusion group member Alba Gordó presented her Master’s thesis in Modelling for Science and Engineering entitled “Computational study of defects in tungsten crystals by means of density functional theory” on the 14^th of September.

The work was based on the research she has been carrying out since last March in our group and in close collaboration with the Materials group at the CASE department at BSC, under the supervision of Dr. Stephan Mohr and Prof. Dr. Mervi Mantsinen. The defense took place at the Faculty of Sciences of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and was graded with a top mark, proving the relevance and originality of it.

Wendelstein 7-X achieves a stellarator world record

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Inside view the plasma vessel with graphite tile cladding. Photo: IPP

In the past experimentation round, Wendelstein 7-X achieved the stellarators’ world record for the fusion product as a result of reaching higher temperatures and densities of the plasma as well as longer pulses. Wendelstein 7-X attained a fusion product of 6·10²⁶ degrees x second per cubic metre which is the world’s stellarator record and gives first confirmation that the optimisation carried out for its design has been successful.