Technical and economic feasibility study of high-current HTS bus bars for fusion reactors

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Technical and economic feasibility study of high-current HTS bus bars for fusion reactors

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Demonstration of a sparse sensor placement technique to the limited diagnostic set in a fusion power plant

Edge plasma turbulence simulations in detached regimes with the SOLEDGE3X code

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Fast ion generation with ICRF waves and beams in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator

Re-design of EU DEMO with a low aspect ratio

Electron temperature fluctuation measurements with Correlation Electron Cyclotron Emission in L-mode and I-mode plasmas at ASDEX Upgrade

Numerical and experimental investigations of a microwave interferometer for the negative ion source SPIDER

Multimodal fusion of liquid biopsy and CT enhances differential diagnosis of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma

The JET hybrid scenario in Deuterium, Tritium and Deuterium-Tritium

Comparison of reduced model predictions for divertor detachment onset and reattachment timescales in ASDEX Upgrade and JET experiments

The X-Point radiating regime at ASDEX Upgrade and TCV

Gyrokinetic simulations of turbulence in magnetic fusion plasmas using a delta-f PIC scheme with evolving background

JET D-T scenario with optimized non-thermal fusion

Smart Photovoltaic Windows for Next-Generation Energy-Saving Buildings

3D Characterisation of Turbulent Plasma Filaments Using Gas Puff Imaging in the Tokamak à Configuration Variable

Unified Harmonic Power-Flow and Stability Analysis of Power Grids with Converter-Interfaced Distributed Energy Resources

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