MFE: Energetic Particles and Impurities

MFE: Energetic Particles and Impurities

ORAL · CO05 · ID: 3571260

Presentations

Overview of coupled plasma-neutronics integrated modelling for D-T, D, and He plasmas in JET and ITER

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 5:00 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 5:12 PM

Publication: - "Experimental observation and integrated modelling of proton-beryllium fusion in He and D plasmas at JET" to be submitted to Nuclear Fusion
- "Integrated modelling of the neutron source in ITER's baseline D-T scenario" to be submitted to Nuclear Fusion
Presenters
- Žiga Štancar
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA
Authors
- Žiga Štancar
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA
- Jacob Eriksson
  
  Uppsala University
- James Oliver
  
  UKAEA
- Zamir Ghani
  
  UKAEA
- Marina Gorelenkova
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
- Anders Hjalmarsson
  
  Uppsala University
- Sean Conroy
  
  Uppsala University
- Andrej Žohar
  
  Jožef Stefan Institute
- Yevgen Kazakov
  
  Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP-ERM/KMS, TEC Partner, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Vasili Kiptily
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA
- Krassimir Kirov
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
- Ernesto Lerche
  
  Laboratory for Plasma Physics LPP-ERM/KMS, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Xavier LITAUDON
  
  CEA
- Evie Litherland-Smith
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Mikhail Maslov
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, UK
- Sheena Menmuir
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Hongjuan Sun
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Gabor Szepesi
  
  UKAEA Culham Campus
- Rosaria Villari
  
  ENEA
- Vito Konrad Zotta
  
  Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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The impact of Tungsten radiation and MHD instabilities on steady-state reactor plasmas

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 5:12 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 5:24 PM
Presenters
- Francesca Turco
  
  Columbia University
Authors
- Francesca Turco
  
  Columbia University
- SangKyeun Kim
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
- Thomas H Osborne
  
  General Atomics
- Tomas Odstrcil
  
  General Atomics
- Adam G McLean
  
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- A Stephane BIWOLE
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Molybdenum density profiles in Alcator C-Mod plasmas with implications for tungsten X-ray spectroscopy on SPARC

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 5:24 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 5:36 PM

Publication: C. Perks et al., Submitted to Nucl. Fusion (2025)
Presenters
- Conor J Perks
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Authors
- Conor J Perks
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- John Edward Rice
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Norman M. Cao
  
  Insititute for Fusion Studies
- Didier Vezinet
  
  Commonwealth Fusion Systems, CFS
- Jerry W Hughes
  
  MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Nathan T Howard
  
  MIT PSFC, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
- Earl S Marmar
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez
  
  MIT PSFC
- Francesco Sciortino
  
  Proxima Fusion
- Daniel Fajardo
  
  Max–Planck–Institut fuer Plasmaphysik
- Clemente Angioni
  
  Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Alberto Loarte
  
  ITER Organization
- Mattew L Reinke
  
  Commonwealth Fusion Systems
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Tungsten pump-out by n=1 MHD mode in a DIII-D/WEST similarity experiment

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 5:36 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 5:48 PM
Presenters
- A Stephane BIWOLE
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, United States of America
Authors
- A Stephane BIWOLE
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, United States of America
- Tomas Odstrcil
  
  General Atomics
- Xavier LITAUDON
  
  CEA
- Brian S Victor
  
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Francesca Turco
  
  Columbia University
- Thomas H Osborne
  
  General Atomics
- William Boyes
  
  Columbia University
- SangKyeun Kim
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
- Nathan T Howard
  
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT PSFC
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A predictive formula for the H-Mode separatrix density: Bridging regression and physics-based models across C-Mod, AUG and JET tokamaks

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 5:48 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 6:00 PM
Presenters
- Davide Silvagni
  
  Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
Authors
- Davide Silvagni
  
  Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
- Ondrej Grover
  
  Max-Planck-Institute for Plasmaphysics
- Adriano Stagni
  
  Consorzio RFX, Corso Stati Uniti 4, Padova, Italy, Consorzio RFX
- Jerry W Hughes
  
  MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Marco AndrÃ©s Miller
  
  MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Bartosz Lomanowski
  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Guido Ciraolo
  
  CEA, IRFM, CEA IRFM
- Wouter Dekeyser
  
  KU Leuven
- Michael G Dunne
  
  Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Max–Planck–Institut fuer Plasmaphysik
- Thomas H Eich
  
  Commonwealth Fusion Systems
- Lorenzo Frassinetti
  
  Fusion Plasma Physics, EECS, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
- Carine Giroud
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Tim Happel
  
  Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Ionut Jepu
  
  UKAEA
- Arne Kallenbach
  
  Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Anu Kirjasuo
  
  VTT
- Adam Q Kuang
  
  Commonwealth Fusion Systems
- Francesco Latini
  
  Tuscia University
- Teobaldo Luda di Cortemiglia
  
  Max-Planck Inst
- David Moulton
  
  UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
- Ou Pan
  
  Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany
- Christian Perez von Thun
  
  Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (IPPLM)
- Thomas Puetterich
  
  Max-Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik Division Plasma Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- Scott Silburn
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
- Hongjuan Sun
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Hartmut Zohm
  
  Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
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Comprehensive analysis of beam-driven ion cyclotron range instabilities in mixed species DIII-D plasmas

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 6:00 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 6:12 PM

Publication: [1] W.W. Heidbrink, et al. Three manuscripts submitted to Nuclear Fusion.
Presenters
- Jeff B Lestz
  
  General Atomics
Authors
- Jeff B Lestz
  
  General Atomics
- William Walter Heidbrink
  
  University of California, Irvine
- Neal A Crocker
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- Genevieve H DeGrandchamp
  
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Kathreen E Thome
  
  General Atomics
- Shelley Tong
  
  University of California, Irvine
- Stephen T Vincena
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- Kshitish Barada
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- Xiaodi Du
  
  General Atomics
- William A Peebles
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- Robert I Pinsker
  
  General Atomics
- Terry L Rhodes
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- Gregory Allen Riggs
  
  West Virginia University
- Shawn X Tang
  
  General Atomics
- Michael A Van Zeeland
  
  General Atomics
- Lei Zeng
  
  University of California, Los Angeles, University of California Los Angeles
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Internal-transport-barrier correlating sub-ion cyclotron frequency fluctuations in DIII-D high-β<sub>p</sub> plasma

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 6:12 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 6:24 PM
Presenters
- Jie Chen
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
Authors
- Jie Chen
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- David L Brower
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- Huiqian Wang
  
  General Atomics
- Gaurav Prabhudesai
  
  University of California, Los Angeles
- Shengyu shi
  
  Oak Ridge Associated Universities
- S. Ding
  
  General Atomics, General Atomics, San Diego, CA, United States of America
- Andrea M. MV Garofalo
  
  General Atomics
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Modeling Energetic Particle Instabilities in Integrated reactor design workflows

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 6:24 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 6:36 PM
Presenters
- Yashika Ghai
  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Authors
- Yashika Ghai
  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- J.M. Park
  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Eric M. Bass
  
  University of California, San Diego
- Cami S Collins
  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Extending the theory of near-marginal wave-particle instabilities for a time-dependent turbulent effective scattering

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 6:36 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 6:48 PM
Presenters
- Eamon Joseph Hartigan-O'Connor
  
  Princeton University
Authors
- Eamon Joseph Hartigan-O'Connor
  
  Princeton University
- Tommaso Barberis
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), PPPL
- Vinicius N Duarte
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
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The critical role of helium ash on proton-boron 11 reactor breakeven

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 6:48 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 7:00 PM

Publication: [1] I. E. Ochs, E. J. Kolmes, A. S. Glasser, and N. J. Fisch, Requirements for breakeven in proton-boron inertial fusion, In Preparation.
[2] I. E. Ochs, E. J. Kolmes, and N. J. Fisch, Preventing ash from poisoning proton–boron 11 fusion plasmas, Physics of Plasmas 32, 052506 (2025).
Presenters
- Ian E Ochs
  
  Princeton University
Authors
- Ian E Ochs
  
  Princeton University
- Elijah J Kolmes
  
  Princeton University
- Alexander S Glasser
  
  Princeton University
- Nathaniel J Fisch
  
  Princeton University
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Comprehensive Simulations of Bursting and Non-Bursting Alfvén Waves in ICRF Heated Tokamak Plasmas and Implications for Their Control via Phase Space Engineering

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 7:12 PM
Presenters
- Jialei Wang
  
  National Institute for Fusion Science
Authors
- Jialei Wang
  
  National Institute for Fusion Science
- Yasushi Todo
  
  National Institute for Fusion Science
- Ryohsuke Seki
  
  National Institute for Fusion Science
- Andreas Bierwage
  
  National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
- Naoto Tsujii
  
  Univ of Tokyo
- Kunihiro Ogawa
  
  National Institute for Fusion Science
- Hao Wang
  
  National Institute for Fusion Science
- Masahiko Sato
  
  National Institute for Fusion Science
- Zhengxiong Wang
  
  Dalian University of Technology
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Development of the Gyrokinetic-MHD Hybrid Code cuGMEC and Its Nonlinear Simulations of Alpha Particle-driven Alfven Eigenmodes in ITER

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 7:12 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 7:24 PM
Presenters
- Guo-yong Fu
  
  Zhejiang University
Authors
- Guo-yong Fu
  
  Zhejiang University
- Peiyou Jiang
  
  Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- Pengfei Liu
  
  Institute of Physics, Beijing
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Impact of wall conditions on impurity sourcing and core pollution during high fluence experiment and standard ohmic pulses in WEST

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 7:24 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 7:36 PM

Publication: [1] J. Bucalossi et al., Nucl. Fusion 2024 - 10.1088/1741-4326/ad64e5
[2] A. Grosjean et al., PFMC conference, under revision (NME)
Presenters
- Alex GROSJEAN
  
  University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK)
Authors
- Alex GROSJEAN
  
  University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK)
- David C Donovan
  
  University of Tennessee
- Pascal Devynck
  
  CEA, Institute for Research on Fusion by Magnetic confinement, 13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
- Nicolas Fedorczak
  
  CEA, IRFM
- Alberto Gallo
  
  CEA Cadarache
- Jonathan Gaspar
  
  AMU CNRS IUSTI
- J Gerardin
  
  CEA, Institute for Research on Fusion by Magnetic confinement, 13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
- Eleonore Geulin
  
  CEA Cadarache
- James P Gunn
  
  CEA-IRFM, CEA IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance
- Christophe Guillemaut
  
  CEA, IRFM
- Benoit Guillermin
  
  CEA-IRFM
- Curtis A Johnson
  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Sean Robert Kosslow
  
  University of Tennessee Knoxville, University of Tennessee
- Pierre Manas
  
  CEA, IRFM
- Samuele Mazzi
  
  CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France, Aix-Marseille University
- Philippe Moreau
  
  CEA, IRFM
- Brian Putra
  
  University of Tennessee
- Nicolas Rivals
  
  CEA, IRFM
- E.A. A Unterberg
  
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Boron injection rate as actuator for wall conditioning and enhancement of core performance in WEST

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 7:36 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 7:48 PM

Publication: [1] A. Nagy et al. "A multi-species powder dropper for magnetic fusion applications". In: Review of Scientific
Instruments 89.10 (Oct. 2018), 10K121. issn: 0034-6748. doi: 10.1063/1.5039345. url: https://doi.
org/10.1063/1.5039345.
[2] K. Afonin et al. "Boron powder injection experiments in WEST with a fully actively cooled, ITER grade,
tungsten divertor". In: Nuclear Materials and Energy 40 (2024), p. 101724. issn: 2352-1791. doi: https:
//doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2024.101724. url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/
pii/S2352179124001479.
[3] R. Lunsford et al. "Utilization of boron particulate wall conditioning in the full tungsten environment of
WEST". In: Nuclear Materials and Energy 40 (2024), p. 101726. issn: 2352-1791. doi: https : / / doi .
org/10.1016/j.nme.2024.101726. url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/
S2352179124001492.
[4] G. Bodner et al. "Initial results from boron powder injection experiments in WEST lower single null L-
mode plasmas". In: Nuclear Fusion 62.8 (June 2022), p. 086020. doi: 10.1088/1741-4326/ac70ea. url:
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac70ea.
[5] R. Lunsford et al. "Plasma Modification through Boron Particulate Injection in the full Tungsten Environ-
ment of WEST". In: Nuclear Fusion (2025 - Submitted).
Presenters
- Diana Sgrelli
  
  CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
Authors
- Diana Sgrelli
  
  CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
- Alberto Gallo
  
  CEA Cadarache
- Robert A. Lunsford
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
- Alexandre Fil
  
  CEA/IRFM
- Jonathan Gaspar
  
  AMU CNRS IUSTI
- Alex GROSJEAN
  
  University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK)
- Xavier LITAUDON
  
  CEA
- Pierre Manas
  
  CEA, IRFM
- Yannick Marandet
  
  Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, PIIM, Marseille
- Samuele Mazzi
  
  CEA, IRFM, F-13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance, France, Aix-Marseille University
- Jorge Morales
  
  Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
- Philippe Moreau
  
  CEA, IRFM
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Fast Ion Interactions with RF Waves in IC Range of Frequencies in JET D-T Experiments

ORAL

Nov. 17, 2025, 7:48 PM – Nov. 17, 2025, 8:00 PM

Publication: 1. C.F. Maggi et al 2024 Nucl. Fusion 64 112012
2. K.K. Kirov et al 2024 Nucl. Fusion 64 016026
3. K.K. Kirov et al 2024 Nucl. Fusion 64 086011
4. A.Y. Pankin et al 2025 Comp Phys Coom 312 109611; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2025.109611
5. M. Romanelli et al 2014 Plasma Fusion Res. 9 3403023
Presenters
- Krassimir Kirov
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Authors
- Krassimir Kirov
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
- Phillip J Bonofiglo
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
- Clive D Challis
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Jacob Eriksson
  
  Uppsala University
- Marina Gorelenkova
  
  Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
- Joerg Hobirk
  
  Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany
- Philippe Jacquet
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Athina Kappatou
  
  Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
- Yevgen Kazakov
  
  Laboratory for Plasma Physics, LPP-ERM/KMS, TEC Partner, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
- David Keeling
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Damian Bryan King
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Vasili Kiptily
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA
- Ernesto Lerche
  
  Laboratory for Plasma Physics LPP-ERM/KMS, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
- Costanza F Maggi
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Joelle Mailloux
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Paola Mantica
  
  Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, CNR, Milano
- Mervi Mantsinen
  
  Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
- Mikhail Maslov
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3DB, UK
- Sheena Menmuir
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Paula Siren
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK
- Žiga Štancar
  
  United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, UK, UKAEA
- Dirk Van Eester
  
  Laboratory for Plasma Physics LPP-ERM/KMS
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