We are constantly using more energy. A clean and efficient production of energy is more important than ever. Thermonuclear fusion offers nearly unlimited potential in this aspect. However, the economical production of fusion energy is yet to be proven on Earth. This project aims to develop tools to study the transport of fusion products of the most important fusion reaction, that of the deuterium and tritium, to contribute to this challenge. The products, alpha particle and neutron, can be simulated using softwares ASCOT and Serpent, respectively. Both are developed at VTT technical research centre of Finland Ltd. These tools can bring results using up to 100 times less computing power. Such decrease allows the study of phenomena that currently is out of reach. Furthermore, the project links Finnish research to international research communities (such as ITER and MIT) as we are ultimately trying to make fusion as a reality together in a collaboration rather than as a competition.

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