ITER Lacks Quantitative Models

MSimon · Post by **MSimon** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:36 pm

...with the fusion codes like GYRO and GTC, quantitative ITER performance predictions could start to become a reality.

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/2150728.html

scareduck · Post by **scareduck** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 4:31 pm

FWIW, that same website offers an interview with Zhihong Lin, the developer of the GTC code that studies turbulent transport in burning plasmas.

TallDave · Post by **TallDave** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:07 pm

I doubt they have enough data to tell them much that's meaningful in terms of really advancing tokamaks toward commercial viability.

They have the same problems we do (as Nebel pointed out, some IEC questions just can't be answered thereotically), but they need billions to get data where we need mere millions.