Modelling of the neutron production in a mixed beam DT neutron generator

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Modelling of the neutron production in a mixed beam DT neutron generator

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Investigating the influence of divertor baffles on nitrogen-seeded detachment in TCV with SOLPS-ITER simulations and TCV experiments

Real-time density profile simulations on ASDEX Upgrade and the impact of the edge boundary condition

Cell-Wise Temperature and Deformation Reactivity Feedback Modeling in Heat Pipe-Cooled Microreactors

Design and implementation of a model-based hierarchical architecture for plasma shape control in the TCV tokamak

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

DEMO toroidal field coil fast discharge unit integration studies

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

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

Innovative dud detection based on JET DT experience

EUROfusion contributions to ITER nuclear operation

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

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

Divertor turbulence characterisation using Gas Puff Imaging in the TCV tokamak

Re-design of EU DEMO with a low aspect ratio

Tangentially viewing phase contrast imaging for turbulence measurements in toroidal fusion devices

High-Resolution Modeling Without Computation Slowdown for PETALE in CROCUS

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

Global fluid simulations of plasma turbulence in stellarators

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