The International Workshop on Models and Data for Plasma-Material Interaction in Fusion Devices (MoD-PMI 2025) will be organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the seventh time. The event, which will be held at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria from 26 – 28 May 2025, will bring together researchers from the areas of fusion energy and materials science to review advances, both experimental and in modelling, in the study and understanding of processes relevant to plasma-material interaction (PMI) relevant for fusion devices and reactors.
MoD-PMI is a satellite workshop for the International Conference in Plasma-Facing Materials and Components (PFMC). The 20th PFMC is organized from 19 – 23 May 2025 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Further information about the workshop and information on how to register will be provided soon.
Direct use of first-principles approaches (DFT and beyond).
Applications of multi-scale methodologies.
Machine learning methods for materials data prediction.
PMI and neutron irradiation effects to material surface composition, morphology and microstructure evolution.
Experimental PMI data for modelling: sputtering mechanisms, implantations, spectroscopy, microscopy, etc.
Research scientists related to nuclear fusion, at any stage of their career, who are involved in the quantitative and qualitative study, measurement, analysis, modelling, simulation or prediction of processes in plasma-material interactions in fusion devices, using or producing fundamental data on these processes. Experimental and theoretical approaches are welcomed.
The IAEA is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all its activities and qualified women scientists are particularly encouraged to participate in the meeting.
For further details and to participate in this meeting, please visit the event's Indico page.
There is no registration fee for this event.
Guide to the Vienna International Centre for Meeting Participants
| 09:15 – 09:35 | Kalle HEINOLA (Atomic and Molecular Data Unit, NAPC, IAEA), Arjan KONING (Nuclear Data Section, NAPC, IAEA) Welcome and Meeting Opening |
| 09:35 – 10:05 | Raquel GONZALEZ-ARRABAL (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain) Alternative plasma facing material for nuclear fusion reactors [abstract (pdf)] |
| 10:05 – 10:35 | Makoto KOBAYASHI (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan) Experiments and modeling of hydrogen isotope inventory in damaged tungsten [abstract (pdf)] |
| 10:35 – 10:55 | Yves FERRO (Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires (PIIM), Aix-Marseille Université (AMU), France) A kinetic model based on DFT for H atoms transport at the W/Cu interface [abstract (pdf)] |
| 10:55 – 11:25 | Coffee Break |
| 11:25 – 11:55 | Gábor CSÁNYI (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry [abstract (pdf)] |
| 11:55 – 12:25 | Younggak SHIN (Yonsei University, South Korea) From Grains to Gigabytes: Generating Massive Virtual Specimens for Irradiation Damage Study [abstract (pdf)] |
| 12:25 – 12:55 | Maylise NASTAR ((CEA Saclay), France) Point-Defect-Induced Metastable Phase Diagrams [abstract (pdf)] |
| 12:55 – 13:15 | Duc NGUYEN-MANH (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, United Kingdom) Microstructure impact on tritium retention and permeation in tungsten/oxide interface from first-principles based phase field modelling [abstract (pdf)] |
| 13:15 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Sabina MARKELJ (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia) Detection of defects in displacement-damaged tungsten and iron [abstract (pdf)] |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Marie France BARTHE (Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux : Haute Température et Irradiation, CNRS Orleans Campus, France) Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy for vacancy defects studies in irradiated tungsten: Combination of modelling and experiments for vacancy size distribution and impurities interaction determination [abstract (pdf)] |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Etienne A. HODILLE (Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, Association EURATOM-CEA, France) Impact of the trapping model on Tritium retention and permeation in DEMO Tungsten/Eurofer First Wall [abstract (pdf)] |
| 15:50 – 16:20 | Coffee Break |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | Katsuyuki FUKUTANI (University of Tokyo, Japan) Adsorption and in-diffusion of Hydrogen at metal and metal oxide surfaces [abstract (pdf)] |
| 16:50 – 17:20 | Long CHENG (Beihang University, China) Interface-induced enhanced deuterium plasma-driven permeation in chemical vapor deposition tungsten-copper composite [abstract (pdf)] |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Aidan THOMPSON (Sandia National Laboratories, United States of America) Quantum-accurate large-scale atomistic simulation of fusion materials with LAMMPS and FitSNAP [abstract (pdf)] |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Luca MESSINA (Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, Association EURATOM-CEA, France) Multiscale modeling of diffusion phenomena in nuclear fuels : from the atomic scale to phase-field polycristalline microstructure evolution simulations |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Sanjeet KAUR (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, United Kingdom) Multi-scale modelling of hydrogen isotopes retention and diffusion in highly irradiated materials [abstract (pdf)] |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Jan JANSSEN (Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Germany) Machine Learned Interatomic Potentials for Extreme Environments [abstract (pdf)] |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Seiki SAITO (Yamagata University, Japan) Towards Advanced Wall Modeling Using Machine Learning and Its Integration with Neutral Transport Simulations [abstract (pdf)] |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Takuji ODA (College of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea) Applying machine learning potential models to the study of hydrogen in metals: accurate property calculations, complex dynamics simulations, and challenges [abstract (pdf)] |
| 12:20 – 13:50 | Lunch |
| 13:50 – 14:20 | Ralf DRAUTZ (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany) GRACE universal interatomic potential for materials discovery and design [abstract (pdf)] |
| 14:20 – 14:50 | Zhangcan YANG (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China) Sensitivity analysis and optimization of multi-scale models for microstructural evolution in metal materials under neutron irradiation [abstract (pdf)] |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Udo VON TOUSSAINT (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany) Trap-diffusion modelling of diffusion in restricted geometries [abstract (pdf)] |
| 15:10 – 15:50 | Coffee Break |
| 15:50 – 16:20 | Utkarsh BHARDWAJ (Computational Analysis Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India) MD simulations of high-dose irradiation in Tungsten: The Role of Defect Boundary and Morphology [abstract (pdf)] |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Olga OGORODNIKOVA (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia) Transport and deuterium interaction with defects in W, EUROFER and W-Cr-Y alloys damaged by heavy ions [abstract (pdf)] |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Dmitry MATVEEV (Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany) Vacancy dynamics and hydrogen retention in beryllium [abstract (pdf)] |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Mikhail ZIBROV (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany) Deuterium trapping and release from high-temperature ion irradiated tungsten: experiments and reaction-diffusion simulations [abstract (pdf)] |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Xiu-Li ZHU (North China Electric Power University, China) Deuterium Retention Behavior in Tungsten After Plasma Exposure at Varying Temperatures [abstract (pdf)] |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Fredric GRANBERG (Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland) Deuterium effect on defect evolution in tungsten, from bulk to surfaces [abstract (pdf)] |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Matthew NUTTER (Warwick University, United Kingdom) Investigating the Influence of Helium on Screw Dislocation Mobility in Tungsten [abstract (pdf)] |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Robert KOLASINKI (Sandia National Laboratories, United States of America) Surface Characterization of Advanced Tungsten and Ceramic Plasma-Facing Materials [abstract (pdf)] |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Javier DOMINGUEZ GUTIERREZ (National Center for Nuclear Research, Poland) Nanoindentation and Defect Behavior in Irradiated FCC NiFe Alloys: Experimental Insights and Atomistic Modelling [abstract (pdf)] |
| 12:20 – 13:00 | Discussion |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Meeting Close |
35 participants from 14 countries.
There are 30 presentations at this event.
Marie France BARTHE (Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux : Haute Température et Irradiation, CNRS Orleans Campus, France)
Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy for vacancy defects studies in irradiated tungsten: Combination of modelling and experiments for vacancy size distribution and impurities interaction determination
[abstract (pdf)]
Utkarsh BHARDWAJ (Computational Analysis Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India)
MD simulations of high-dose irradiation in Tungsten: The Role of Defect Boundary and Morphology
[abstract (pdf)]
Long CHENG (Beihang University, China)
Interface-induced enhanced deuterium plasma-driven permeation in chemical vapor deposition tungsten-copper composite
[abstract (pdf)]
Gábor CSÁNYI (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry
[abstract (pdf)]
Javier DOMINGUEZ GUTIERREZ (National Center for Nuclear Research, Poland)
Nanoindentation and Defect Behavior in Irradiated FCC NiFe Alloys: Experimental Insights and Atomistic Modelling
[abstract (pdf)]
Ralf DRAUTZ (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
GRACE universal interatomic potential for materials discovery and design
[abstract (pdf)]
Yves FERRO (Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires (PIIM), Aix-Marseille Université (AMU), France)
A kinetic model based on DFT for H atoms transport at the W/Cu interface
[abstract (pdf)]
Katsuyuki FUKUTANI (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Adsorption and in-diffusion of Hydrogen at metal and metal oxide surfaces
[abstract (pdf)]
Raquel GONZALEZ-ARRABAL (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
Alternative plasma facing material for nuclear fusion reactors
[abstract (pdf)]
Fredric GRANBERG (Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Deuterium effect on defect evolution in tungsten, from bulk to surfaces
[abstract (pdf)]
Etienne A. HODILLE (Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, Association EURATOM-CEA, France)
Impact of the trapping model on Tritium retention and permeation in DEMO Tungsten/Eurofer First Wall
[abstract (pdf)]
Jan JANSSEN (Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Germany)
Machine Learned Interatomic Potentials for Extreme Environments
[abstract (pdf)]
Sanjeet KAUR (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, United Kingdom)
Multi-scale modelling of hydrogen isotopes retention and diffusion in highly irradiated materials
[abstract (pdf)]
Makoto KOBAYASHI (National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan)
Experiments and modeling of hydrogen isotope inventory in damaged tungsten
[abstract (pdf)]
Robert KOLASINKI (Sandia National Laboratories, United States of America)
Surface Characterization of Advanced Tungsten and Ceramic Plasma-Facing Materials
[abstract (pdf)]
Sabina MARKELJ (Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia)
Detection of defects in displacement-damaged tungsten and iron
[abstract (pdf)]
Dmitry MATVEEV (Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), Germany)
Vacancy dynamics and hydrogen retention in beryllium
[abstract (pdf)]
Luca MESSINA (Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, Association EURATOM-CEA, France)
Multiscale modeling of diffusion phenomena in nuclear fuels : from the atomic scale to phase-field polycristalline microstructure evolution simulations
Maylise NASTAR ((CEA Saclay), France)
Point-Defect-Induced Metastable Phase Diagrams
[abstract (pdf)]
Duc NGUYEN-MANH (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, United Kingdom)
Microstructure impact on tritium retention and permeation in tungsten/oxide interface from first-principles based phase field modelling
[abstract (pdf)]
Matthew NUTTER (Warwick University, United Kingdom)
Investigating the Influence of Helium on Screw Dislocation Mobility in Tungsten
[abstract (pdf)]
Takuji ODA (College of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea)
Applying machine learning potential models to the study of hydrogen in metals: accurate property calculations, complex dynamics simulations, and challenges
[abstract (pdf)]
Olga OGORODNIKOVA (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russia)
Transport and deuterium interaction with defects in W, EUROFER and W-Cr-Y alloys damaged by heavy ions
[abstract (pdf)]
Seiki SAITO (Yamagata University, Japan)
Towards Advanced Wall Modeling Using Machine Learning and Its Integration with Neutral Transport Simulations
[abstract (pdf)]
Younggak SHIN (Yonsei University, South Korea)
From Grains to Gigabytes: Generating Massive Virtual Specimens for Irradiation Damage Study
[abstract (pdf)]
Aidan THOMPSON (Sandia National Laboratories, United States of America)
Quantum-accurate large-scale atomistic simulation of fusion materials with LAMMPS and FitSNAP
[abstract (pdf)]
Udo VON TOUSSAINT (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany)
Trap-diffusion modelling of diffusion in restricted geometries
[abstract (pdf)]
Zhangcan YANG (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
Sensitivity analysis and optimization of multi-scale models for microstructural evolution in metal materials under neutron irradiation
[abstract (pdf)]
Xiu-Li ZHU (North China Electric Power University, China)
Deuterium Retention Behavior in Tungsten After Plasma Exposure at Varying Temperatures
[abstract (pdf)]
Mikhail ZIBROV (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany)
Deuterium trapping and release from high-temperature ion irradiated tungsten: experiments and reaction-diffusion simulations
[abstract (pdf)]