Materials R&D for a timely DEMO: Key findings and recommendations of the EU Roadmap Materials Assessment Group

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Materials R&D for a timely DEMO: Key findings and recommendations of the EU Roadmap Materials Assessment Group

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Overview of fast particle experiments in the first MAST Upgrade experimental campaigns

Re-design of EU DEMO with a low aspect ratio

DEMO toroidal field coil fast discharge unit integration studies

Experimental study and interpretative modelling of the Power Exhaust in Configurations with Multiple X-Points in TCV

High brightness neutron source optimized for very high pulsed magnetic field experiments

Long plasma duration operation analyses with an international multi-machine (tokamaks and stellarators) database

Gamma-ray Spectroscopy in Low-Power Nuclear Research Reactors

Tool Developments in the OpenMC Code: Correlated Sampling and Transient Fission Matrix Approach Coupled to OpenFOAM

Models implemented in the methodological approach to design the initial STEP first wall contour

Innovative dud detection based on JET DT experience

Global fluid simulations of plasma turbulence in stellarators

High-Resolution Modeling Without Computation Slowdown for PETALE in CROCUS

Error field detection and correction studies towards ITER operation

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

Atomic level insight into irradiation effects in nuclear fuel materials

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

Neutron-Gamma Noise Measurements in a Zero-Power Reactor Using Organic Scintillators

Nonlinear simulation of plasma turbulence using a gyrokinetic moment-based approach

The magnet feeders for the European DEMO fusion reactor: Conceptual design and recent advances

Gamma noise to non-invasively monitor nuclear research reactors