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CFS working with NVIDIA, Siemens on SPARC digital twin
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a fusion firm headquartered in Devens, Mass., is collaborating with California-based computing infrastructure company NVIDIA and Germany-based technology conglomerate Siemens to develop a digital twin of its SPARC fusion machine. The cooperative work among the companies will focus on applying artificial intelligence and data- and project-management tools as the SPARC digital twin is developed.
Max Chazalon, Ettore Salpietro, Federico Casci, Flaviano Farfaletti-Casali, Clive Holloway, Giabattista Malavasi, Neil Mitchell, Eckhard Theisen, A. Suppan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 1 | July 1988 | Pages 156-164
Technical Paper | Net Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25155
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The Next European Torus machine is designed to be fully remotely maintainable. The assembly of the basic machine and the maintenance of in-vessel components are described. Various issues still under consideration are also discussed, including the development of methods to contain radioactive particles and to prevent the spread of contamination from within the plasma chamber.
