Description of need
According to Mohamad Abdallah at Tokamak Energy, tokamaks are integration challenges, so a key set of techniques to deploy requirements and establish key interfaces is needed. Right now, the interfaces between the different system teams and their requirements is inefficient and messy.
Problem severity (1-10)
4
Who has this need
Fusion companies
Total addressable market (TAM)
Unknown
Solutions today, and their shortcomings
A short list of open-source fusion software (source):
- HEAT (Developed by Tom Looby): Calculates heat fluxes: https://github.com/plasmapotential/HEAT
- SPARC Profiles: https://github.com/cfs-energy/SPARCPublic
- RADAS: Reads OpenADAS data to produce radiation curves: https://github.com/cfs-energy/radas
- OpenMC
- FreeGS: Time-independent equilibrium calculations: https://github.com/freegs-plasma/freegs
- Cfspopcon: Rapid scoping of scenarios using empirical relationships
- FISPACT-II: Multiphysics, inventory and source-term code system (by UK Atomic Energy Authority)
List of proprietary tools developed by Commonwealth Fusion Systems (source):
- neutrino: Plasma control software
- MOSAIC: Collaborative scenario development framework linking several tool
- NRad: Neutronics (including predicting the activation of materials, waste classification, and Shut-Down Dose Rates)
Potentially relevant capabilities
Set-based concurrent engineering as articulated by Warren Seering (see 2023-09-27 Warren Seering and Tonio Buonassisi)