Over nine weeks, from October to December, our Fusion Group members Mervi Mantsinen and Dani Gallart, took part in the Innovation Journey Program at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). This programme, held every two years, is aimed at researchers interested in exploring how their ideas could be translated into market-ready solutions. A team of experts evaluates proposed projects, and those best aligned with the programme’s scope are selected to participate.
On November 25–26, the 3rd Annual Meeting of EUROfusion HPC ACHs took place in Lausanne (Switzerland), hosted by EPFL, further consolidating the series of yearly gatherings. The BSC-CIEMAT ACH was represented by fusion group members Alejandro Soba, Federico Cipolletta, Augusto Maidana and Xavier Sáez, together with Joan Vinyals from the Best Practices for Performance and Portability (BPPP) group, actively contributing to the discussions and technical exchange throughout the event. This third edition has confirmed that this yearly event among ACHs has been an important step toward sharing results, lessons learned, and jointly planning future work.
On 27–28 November 2025, Juan Manuel Sánchez represented our group at the España Cuántica conference, the grand finale of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The event took place at the Fundación Ramón Areces headquarters and was organized in collaboration with the Real Sociedad Española de Física (RSEF), the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), with support from the Quantum Spain initiative.
A new Special Issue on Current Advances in Nuclear Fusion Technology in the journal Applied Sciences opened for submissions in November 2025. Alejandro Soba, member of the Fusion group at BSC, is serving as Guest Editor and will oversee the full publication process.
This Special Issue highlights the latest advances in overcoming scientific and engineering challenges on the path to practical fusion energy. It features research on plasma behaviour, reactor modelling, and instability control, including turbulent transport, MHD stability, and multi-physics simulations that link plasma dynamics with material response. Studies explore plasma–material interactions, heating and fuelling methods, and laser–plasma processes for inertial confinement fusion. Contributions also address fast particle physics, burning plasma self-heating, high-performance scenario control, and resilient reactor materials. Together, these innovations advance diagnostics, power exhaust technologies, and overall reactor design, marking an important step toward achieving safe and sustainable fusion energy.
On 12 November 2025, BSC’s Fusion Group participated in a high-level panel discussion at the Cleantech Forum Europe 2025 in Sitges, Spain. The session, titled “Integrating Fusion into the EU Energy Roadmap,” brought together leading voices from research, industry, and policy to discuss Europe’s evolving role in the global fusion energy landscape.
The panel was moderated by Zainab Gilani (Cleantech Group) and included Mervi Mantsinen (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), Richard Kembleton (Gauss Fusion), and Pierre-Yves Chaffard (Fusion for Energy).
