MFE: Research in Support of ITER

Presentations

• Integrated Modelling of Coupled Free-Boundary Equilibrium and Core-Edge-SOL Transport during Plasma Transients and Applications to ITER SRO Plasma

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 9:42 AM

  Presenters

  • JAEGON LEE

    ITER Organization

  Authors

  • JAEGON LEE

    ITER Organization

  • Sun Hee Kim

    ITER Organization

  • Florian Koechl

    ITER Organization

  • Romain Futtersack

    UKAEA

  • Simon D Pinches

    ITER Organization

  • Maksim Dubrov

    ITER Organization

  • Guillermo Suárez López

    UKAEA

  • Francis J Casson

    United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK

  • Peter Fox

    UKAEA

  • Peter Knight

    UKAEA

  • Žiga Štancar

    United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA

  • David Taylor

    UKAEA

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• First DIII-D–WEST Hybrid Scenario Similarity Experiments for ITER-Relevant Long-Pulse Operation

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 9:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 9:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Xavier LITAUDON

    CEA

  Authors

  • Xavier LITAUDON

    CEA

  • S. Ding

    General Atomics, General Atomics, San Diego, CA, United States of America

  • SangKyeun Kim

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Ernesto Lerche

    Laboratory for Plasma Physics LPP-ERM/KMS, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

  • Pierre Manas

    CEA, IRFM

  • Tomas Odstrcil

    General Atomics

  • Brian S Victor

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A Stephane BIWOLE

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, United States of America

  • William Boyes

    Columbia University

  • Livia Casali

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

  • Jean CAZABONNE

    CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France

  • Alberto Gallo

    CEA Cadarache

  • Robert A. Lunsford

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Patrick Maget

    CEA, IRFM

  • Alessandro Marinoni

    University of California San Diego

  • J MORALES

    CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France

  • Thomas H Osborne

    General Atomics

  • J.M. Park

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Yves Savoye-Peysson

    CEA, IRFM

  • Diana Sgrelli

    CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France

  • Francesca Turco

    Columbia University

  • David Weldon

    CEA Cadarache

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• Validating physics-based (ASTRA/TRANSP), data-driven (D3D+AUG), and physics+data hybrid models for quantitatively accurate yet generalizable guidance for ITER operators

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 9:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:06 AM

  Publication: Abbate J. et al. (2025) Nucl. Fusion 65, 056014

  Presenters

  • Joseph A Abbate

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  Authors

  • Joseph A Abbate

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Emiliano Fable

    Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik

  • Giovanni Tardini

    Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik

  • Brian A Grierson

    General Atomics

  • Alexei Y Pankin

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Egemen Kolemen

    Princeton University

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• Role of Nonlinear Coupling in Quiescent H-Mode Development in DIII-D

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:06 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:18 AM

  Publication: Planned paper: Evidence of Nonlinear Coupling in the Edge Harmonic Oscillation of a High-Confinement Tokamak Plasma, currently in DIII-D internal review, to be submitted to Physical Review Letters

  Presenters

  • Rachel Ann Myers

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Rachel Ann Myers

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • John S Sarff

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Brett Edward Chapman

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Karsten J McCollam

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Mihir D Pandya

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Ruifeng Xie

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Zeyu Li

    General Atomics

  • David L Brower

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jie Chen

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Xi Chen

    General Atomics

  • Weixing Ding

    University of Science and Technology of China

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• Collisionality scaling of the tokamak density limit: data-driven analysis, cross-device prediction, and real-time avoidance

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:18 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Andrew Maris

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Andrew Maris

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cristina Rea

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alessandro Pau

    EPFL-SPC

  • Jayson L Barr

    General Atomics

  • Keith Erickson

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL

  • Lothar W Schmitz

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Zheng Yan

    University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Gregorio L Trevisan

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yumou Wei

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Robert S Granetz

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Earl S Marmar

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• ITER-relevant Density Control with Pellets in DIII-D's ITER Baseline Scenario

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Andres Pajares

    General Atomics

  Authors

  • Andres Pajares

    General Atomics

  • Hassan R Al Khawaldeh

    Lehigh University

  • Francesca Turco

    Columbia University

  • Daisuke Shiraki

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Troy Pederson

    General Atomics

  • David Eldon

    General Atomics

  • June-woo Juhn

    Korea Institute of Fusion Energy

  • Vincent R Graber

    Lehigh University

  • Eugenio Schuster

    Lehigh University

  • Sai Tej Paruchuri

    Lehigh University

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• Lessons learned in the design and operation of the Continuous Pellet Fueling System on W7-X that benefit ITER

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Larry Robert Baylor

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Larry Robert Baylor

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Steve Meitner

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Juergen Baldzuhn

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, 17491 Greifswald

  • Edgardo Villalobos

    Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Greifswald, Germany, Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, Greifswald

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• MHD instabilities in benign termination of high-current runaway electron beams in the JET and DIII-D tokamaks

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 10:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Carl Friedrich Benedikt F Zimmermann

    Columbia University

  Authors

  • Carl Friedrich Benedikt F Zimmermann

    Columbia University

  • Carlos Alberto Paz-Soldan

    Columbia University

  • Cedric Reux

    CEA, IRFM

  • Alexander F Battey

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

  • Ondrej Ficker

    Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS, Prague, Czech Republic

  • Sergei N Gerasimov

    UKAEA Culham Campus

  • Christopher J Hansen

    Columbia University

  • Stefan Jachmich

    ITER Organization, St. Paul-lez-Durance, France

  • Andrey Lvovskiy

    General Atomics

  • Nathan Schoonheere

    CEA, IRFM

  • Umar Sheikh

    Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland,

  • Ian Stewart

    Columbia University

  • Gabor Szepesi

    UKAEA Culham Campus

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• Long Quasi-Linear Simulations of Fast Ion Slowing Down in ITER steady-state plasma with Alfvén Instabilities

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:06 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:18 AM

  Publication: N.N. Gorelenkov, V.N. Duarte, M.V. Gorelenkova, Zh. Lin, S.D. Pinches, Nucl. Fusion 64 (2024) 076061

  Presenters

  • Nikolai N Gorelenkov

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  Authors

  • Nikolai N Gorelenkov

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Marina Gorelenkova

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Alexei Y Pankin

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Simon D Pinches

    ITER Organization

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• Kinetic Interaction between Alpha Heating and Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating in Burning Plasmas

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:18 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Shon P Mackie

    MIT, Department of Physics

  Authors

  • Shon P Mackie

    MIT, Department of Physics

  • Jacob Gordon van de Lindt

    MIT

  • Conor J Perks

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Sam J Frank

    Realta Fusion, Realta Fusion, Inc

  • John C Wright

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John Edward Rice

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Alex A Tinguely

    MIT, MIT Plasma Science And Fusion Center, MIT PSFC

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• Soft and hard MHD limit of Fish-bones in reactor relevant configurations

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Jacobo Varela Rodriguez

  Authors

  • Jacobo Varela Rodriguez

  • Boris Breizman

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Sergei Sharapov

    UKAEA

  • Jeronimo Garcia

    CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France

  • Samuele Mazzi

    CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France, Aix-Marseille University

  • Yevgen Kazakov

    Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP-ERM/KMS, TEC Partner, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

  • Žiga Štancar

    United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA

  • Matteo Baruzzo

    Consorzio RFX, Corso Stati Uniti 4, Padova, Italy

  • Jef Ongena

    Plasma Physics Laboratory – Royal Military Academy, Renaissancelaan 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

  • David Zarzoso

    Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7340 M2P2

  • Francois L Waelbroeck

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Donald A. Spong

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Luis Garcia

    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganes, Madrid, Spain

  • Yashika Ghai

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Gonzalo Fernandez-Torija Daza

    Institute for Fusion Studies (IFS). UT at Austin.

  • Juan Ortiz

    University Carlos III De Madrid

  • Michal Poraziński

    UKAEA

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• Modeling the Far SOL region for ITER SRO scenarios using EMC3-EIRENE

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:42 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Jonathan Morgan Van Blarcum

    University of Wisconsin - Madison, ITER Organization

  Authors

  • Jonathan Morgan Van Blarcum

    University of Wisconsin - Madison, ITER Organization

  • Richard Pitts

    ITER Organization

  • Heinke G Frerichs

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Andrei Pshenov

    ITER Organization

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• High-Z impurity transport and control in advanced tokamak scenarios on DIII-D

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 11:54 AM – Nov. 17, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Shengyu shi

    Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  Authors

  • Shengyu shi

    Oak Ridge Associated Universities

  • S. Ding

    General Atomics, General Atomics, San Diego, CA, United States of America

  • Tomas Odstrcil

    General Atomics

  • Brian S Victor

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A Stephane BIWOLE

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, United States of America

  • Andrea M. MV Garofalo

    General Atomics

  • Huiqian Wang

    General Atomics

  • Jeff B Lestz

    General Atomics

  • Qiming Hu

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton University

  • Joseph T McClenaghan

    General Atomics

  • Auna Louise Moser

    General Atomics

  • Bart G.P. Van Compernolle

    General Atomics

  • Lothar W Schmitz

    University of California, Los Angeles

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• Reproduction of anomalously high tungsten transport coefficients in the far-SOL of DIII-D with Flan

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 12:06 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Shawn Zamperini

    General Atomics

  Authors

  • Shawn Zamperini

    General Atomics

  • Tess N Bernard

    General Atomics

  • Dmitry L Rudakov

    University of California, San Diego

  • Jose Armando Boedo

    University of California, San Diego

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• Mitigating plasma transient events using inert gas and pellet injections in ITER-like reactors

  ORAL

  Nov. 17, 2025, 12:18 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 12:30 PM

  Publication: [1] V. Sizyuk, A. Hassanein, Comprehensive analysis of disruption mitigation methods using gas and pellet-like injections in ITER-like tokamaks, Nature/Sci. Rep., Accepted for publications 2025<br>[2] A. Hassanein, V. Sizyuk, Potential Design Problems for ITER Fusion Device, Nature/Sci. Rep. 11, 2069 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81510-2

  Presenters

  • Ahmed Hassanein

    Purdue University

  Authors

  • Ahmed Hassanein

    Purdue University

  • Valeryi Sizyuk

    Purdue University

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