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November 11, 2016November 14, 2016

Our fusion group has recently expanded its research activities to the simulation of fusion reactor materials, in particular investigating the formation and evolution of radiation generated defects in metal alloys.

Due to the complex character of these alloys, an accurate treatment is often only posible up to some hundred atoms. The BigDFT code, co-developed by BSC, has potential to go beyond this limitation and treat systems which have not been accessible so far.

JET experimental campaign in full swing

October 20, 2016October 22, 2016

2016-10-19-22-02-45 — JET control room at the end of M15-02 session on October 19.

Our Fusion Group members Mervi Mantsinen and Dani Gallart are currently on a EUROfusion mission to the Culham Center for Fusion Energy, UK, to take part in the C36b experimental campaign of the JET tokamak. The campaign started on the 10^th of October 2016 and is now in full swing.

Visiting Marconi Fusion – the New Fusion Supercomputer in Europe

October 6, 2016October 24, 2016

This week our Fusion Group Leader Dr Mervi Mantsinen visited the largest Italian computing centre, CINECA. Located in Bologna, Italy, CINECA hosts Marconi-Fusion, the new European High Performance Computer for fusion applications which was inaugurated on 14 September 2016.

Hosting a Meeting on Monte-Carlo Random Numbers

September 30, 2016October 22, 2016

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Today, our fusion group had the pleasure of hosting a meeting on Monte-Carlo Random Numbers with a multidisciplinary group of experts from the Institute of Photonic Sciences ICFO, Spain; National Institute for Fusion Science NIFS, Japan; CIEMAT Fusion National Laboratory and Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

BSC Fusion group at the European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics

July 6, 2016October 22, 2016

The BSC Fusion group has attended this week, from 4 to 8 July 2016, the 43rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics in Leuven, Belgium. It is the largest annual conference in the field of plasma physics and controlled fusion in Europe.

We presented our recent research in a total of three contributions as lead authors:

Non-linear MHD Simulations of Pellet Triggered ELMs in JET and ASDEX Upgrade tokamaks by S. Futatani et al.
Simulations of combined ICRF and NBI heating for high fusion performance in JET by D. Gallart et al.
Third harmonic ICRF heating of deuterium beam ions on ASDEX Upgrade by M.J. Mantsinen et al.

Call for Proposals for EUROfusion Researcher Grants

June 10, 2016October 22, 2016

CkmUfaCWUAAvfci — Previous Awardees of EUROfusion Researcher Grants (Source: EUROfusion).

The call to send in proposals for the next round of EUROfusion Researcher Grants has been published. The deadline is 8 September 2016, and the start date of the grant of the succesful candidates is no later than on the 30 June 2017.

The action supports the initial training of researchers, typically during the first years of their careers in research. It is directed towards researchers of all nationalities, who meet the following criteria:

Researchers in possession of a doctoral degree (PhD) who have completed their PhD and defended their thesis in the two years preceding the deadline for proposal submission of the present call;
Engineers/technicians, not having a PhD degree, but who are in possession of a master degree in Engineering (or any equivalent university degree in Engineering) with a professional experience of at least 3 years up to 5 years after the master degree.

Detailed information is available for download can be found here.

Please contact our Fusion Group Leader Mervi Mantsinen if you are interested in preparing an application with Barcelona Supercomputing Center as your host institute.