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NVIDIA Build-A-Claw Barcelona

The webpage from NVIDIA available at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/ai/build-a-claw/?ncid=progr-103732

On 13 October 2026, NVIDIA organised the Build-A-Claw event at the Palau Reial de Pedralbes in Barcelona. The event focused on demonstrating the results and capabilities of recently developed AI Agents leveraging NVIDIA’s open-source NemoClaw framework. Participants could visit three spaces: a room with a stage for talks, an open space where they could view and enquire about AI Agent demos, and another open space where NVIDIA experts were available to discuss the technology in more depth with interested attendees.

The BSC fusion group, which focuses on research activities involving HPC for nuclear fusion and is interested in industrial and cutting-edge applications, seized the opportunity to attend the event.

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Special Issue in Applied Sciences journal

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.

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BSC Fusion Group Joins Fusion Panel at Cleantech Forum Europe

The session “Integrating Fusion into the EU Energy Roadmap” is starting at the Cleantech Forum Europe 2025 in Sitges, Spain with the introduction by the session organizer Zainab Gilani.

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).

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Visit of BSC team to ITER

The BSC team visiting ITER. From left to right: D. Gallart, M. Mantsinen, J. M. Cela, F. Cucchietti, F. Cipolletta, T. Andrade. Photo taken by C. Moutte (ITER).

On October 2, a group from the Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC) visited the ITER Organisation in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. The group included CASE director J. M. Cela; Fusion group members M. Mantsinen, D. Gallart and F. Cipolletta; and Data Pre & Post Processing group members F. Cucchietti and T. Andrade.

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BSC participation at the ITER Business Forum 2025

BSC booth at Iter Business Forum 2025. From left to right, Mario Ejarque, Dani Gallart, Andrés Román, Mervi Mantsinen and Federico Cipolletta.

The ITER Business Forum 2025 (IBF) was held during 23rd–25th April in the sunny city of Marseille, France. This Forum is designed to attract the global industry involved in the realization of fusion energy, from the supply chain to companies and startups. This is a great opportunity to connect and explore new collaborations in the industry ecosystem.

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center participated with representatives of the Fusion Group: Mervi Mantsinen, Federico Cipolletta, and Dani Gallart. Moreover, BSC members Andrés José Román from the Innovation and Business Development department, and Mario Ejarque and Sara Ibáñez from the Communications department, also participated, providing support in several relevant aspects. Special mention to María Paz Baghetti, our Dissemination Officer, who coordinated the preparations of our participation to the event.

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New fusion plasma duration world record

WEST Operations Room during the record (Photo: CEA)

On February 12, the French experimental reactor WEST (W-Tungsten Environment in Steady-State Tokamak), one of the EUROfusion consortium medium size Tokamak facilities, set a new world record by sustaining plasma stability for 1337 seconds—over 22 minutes. This milestone, announced by the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), marks a significant step because maintaining plasma stability for extended periods is one of the most significant obstacles in bringing fusion power to commercial viability.

This new record surpasses the previous benchmark set by China’s EAST (Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak), which managed to sustain plasma for 1066 seconds on January 20. WEST’s world record has exceeded the recent achievement of the Chinese reactor by 25%.

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