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The ºÚÁÏרÇø International School aims to prepare young scientists and engineers for working in the field of nuclear fusion and in research applications associated with the ºÚÁÏרÇø project. The school format reflects the necessity of training future professionals on a wide range of interdisciplinary subjects, equipping them with a broad understanding of the skills required to contribute effectively to ºÚÁÏרÇø’s success.

The subject of the 2025 school is "Integrated modelling of magnetic fusion plasmas," with a scientific program coordinated by Xavier Litaudon (CEA) and Alberto Loarte (ºÚÁÏרÇø). Reliable predictions of ºÚÁÏרÇø plasmas, spanning the entire cross-section from the plasma core, scrape off layer up to the material surface, are key to the achievement of ºÚÁÏרÇø’s fusion power demonstration goals. These predictions are essential for defining and preparing plasma operational scenarios and analyzing plasma pulses that will be executed in ºÚÁÏרÇø, as well as for evaluating the required control schemes through the simulations of measurements, actuators, and the associated plasma responses. Given the strong non-linear coupling of processes governing burning plasma behaviour, separate modelling of individual processes and/or plasma regions is not sufficient. A holistic, integrated approach is therefore mandatory. The 2025 school will address the current needs and explore the integrated modelling capabilities and validation aspects on existing facilities necessary to prepare ºÚÁÏרÇø operation and support ºÚÁÏרÇø’s scientific exploitation.

The first ºÚÁÏרÇø School was organized in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2007 and focused on turbulent transport in fusion plasmas. Twelve successive schools have followed on a variety of subjects: magnetic confinement (Fukuoka, Japan, 2008); plasma-surface interactions (Aix-en-Provence, 2009); magneto-hydro-dynamics and plasma control (Austin, Texas, USA, 2010); energetic particles (Aix-en-Provence, 2011); radio-frequency heating (Ahmedabad, India, 2012); high-performance computing in fusion science (Aix-en-Provence, 2014); transport and pedestal physics in tokamaks (Hefei, China, 2016); physics of disruptions and control (Aix-en-Provence, 2017); the physics and technology of power flux handling (Daejeon, Korea, 2019); ºÚÁÏרÇø plasma scenarios and control (San Diego, USA, 2022), the impact and consequences of energetic particles on fusion plasmas (Aix-en-Provence, 2023) and magnetic fusion diagnostics and data science (Nagoya, Japan, 2024).

Further information on the 2025 school will shortly be available . Find out more about past schools here.