Our fusion group members Dani Gallart and Mervi Mantsinen are currently stationed at the JET tokamak, the world’s largest fusion device located at the Culham Science Center, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
At JET, Dani and Mervi are taking part in the EUROfusion modelling and analysis tasks in the preparation of the next campaigns. In particular, they are working to improve the preparedness of fusion simulation codes to simulate plasmas with tritium.
Tritium is a heavy isotope of hydrogen which will be used together with deuterium, another heavy isotope of hydrogen, in the forthcoming JET experimental campaigns. These campaigns will study the physics and technologies with reactor relevant fuel mixtures in preparation of ITER.