{"id":92595,"date":"2025-05-14T17:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/?p=92595"},"modified":"2025-05-14T17:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:21:50","slug":"bscs-alya4fusion-at-the-fusion-neutronics-meeting-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/bscs-alya4fusion-at-the-fusion-neutronics-meeting-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"BSC\u2019s Alya4Fusion at the Fusion Neutronics Meeting 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Group photo of all the Fusion Neutronics Meeting 2025 participants on the doorsteps of the “Escuela T\u00e9cnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales” at UNED campus. Credits: UNED.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From April 7th<\/sup> through 10th<\/sup>, Fusion Group Researcher Ezequiel Goldberg<\/strong> participated in the Fusion Neutronics Meeting 2025: ITER and beyond<\/strong><\/a>, organised this year by the \u201cTecnolog\u00edas de Fisi\u00f3n, Fusi\u00f3n y Fuentes de Irradiaci\u00f3n<\/a>\u201d group (TECFIR)<\/strong> from UNED<\/strong> with the support of ITER<\/strong><\/a> and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)<\/strong><\/a>. The meeting venue was the Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n building at the UNED campus in Madrid, Spain, and the event gathered experts from around the world to discuss recent advances and future directions in fusion neutronics.<\/p>\n

On the event\u2019s third day, Ezequiel<\/strong> presented the work “Neutron flux in IFMIF-DONES operation room: a comparison between Monte Carlo and deterministic codes.<\/strong><\/em>” The presentation focused on recent advancements in NEUTRO<\/strong><\/a>, the neutronics module of Alya<\/strong>, developed as part of the Alya4Fusion<\/strong> initiative. NEUTRO<\/strong> simulates neutron flux distribution and the resulting interactions with reactor materials, key to improving the accuracy and safety of fusion reactor designs.<\/p>\n

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Alya4Fusion<\/strong> aims to make Alya<\/strong><\/a> the first unified, multiphysics<\/strong>, fully coupled simulation framework<\/strong> tailored for fusion reactors<\/strong>, optimised for high-performance computing (HPC<\/strong>) systems. By integrating modules developed by the Fusion Group, like NEUTRO, the initiative supports the development of comprehensive, predictive models for complex reactor environments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The opening of the meeting featured a noteworthy session with remarks by Ricardo Mairal Us\u00f3n, Rector of UNED, Subhash Puthanveetil from ITER, Michael Loughlin from ORNL, and Rafael Ju\u00e1rez from UNED. In his address, Dr. Puthanveetil stressed the importance of knowledge preservation, sharing, and peer review in scientific advancement<\/strong>. Dr. Loughlin reflected on the fusion neutronics community growth<\/strong>, with 29 years since the first meeting was held. He also emphasised the need to clearly define the community\u2019s research goals and obstacles to overcome<\/strong>. Dr. Mairal highlighted the increasing global energy demand and the vital role of fusion research<\/strong> in meeting future electricity needs, with worldwide efforts to develop nuclear fusion.<\/p>\n

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Opening session at the main auditorium of the Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n building (UNED campus) where the meeting took place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conference proved to be a valuable opportunity for international collaboration, enabling in-person engagement with many of the world\u2019s leading fusion neutronics experts. The next meeting is scheduled to take place at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) in 2026.<\/p>\n

The Fusion Group would like to thank the TECFIR group and UNED for organising such a fruitful event. We look forward to continuing our active role in the neutronics community and further advancing Alya4Fusion as a cornerstone for HPC-enabled fusion research.<\/p>\n

Our work presented at the conference has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 \u2014 EUROfusion). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be held responsible for them.<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

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From April 7th through 10th, Fusion Group Researcher Ezequiel Goldberg participated in the Fusion Neutronics Meeting 2025: ITER and beyond, organised this year by the \u201cTecnolog\u00edas de Fisi\u00f3n, Fusi\u00f3n y Fuentes de Irradiaci\u00f3n\u201d group (TECFIR) from UNED with the support of ITER and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The meeting venue was the Facultad de … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-group","category-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92595"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92778,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92595\/revisions\/92778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}