Programming and Plasma—Computing for Fusion Energy at UKAEA
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Berry Lecture Theatre
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is a laboratory at the forefront of fusion energy research, a domain that has entered into public attention with recent achievements and its promise to help with the climate crisis. Fusion is a multidisciplinary and computationally intensive area of science that places challenging demands on the requisite data and software. For instance, it must bridge length scales from nanometers for neutronics up to metres for integrated plasma modelling and structural engineering. This talk will explore some of these challenges through the lens of computational science and the software engineering that bolsters it, explaining how the Computing Division at UKAEA provides the tools and support that scientists and engineers require when tackling the core areas of simulation, data analysis, and real-time control. Individual case studies from the author's background include working an a system code for generating medium-fidelity CAD models of tokamak reactors and starting a new project for modelling the important collisional-radiative atomic processes that transport modellers and diagnosticians require. There will also be an overview of the current strategies the UKAEA RSE Team uses to promote sustainable software and the successes and challenges in implementing these.
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