Nuclear Materials and Engineering

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Jarmo Ala-Heikkilä
- Department of Applied Physics - Specialist
- Nuclear Materials and Engineering - Specialist
Person: Technical services
19922024
Antoine Clement
- Department of Applied Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher
- Nuclear Materials and Engineering - Postdoctoral Researcher
Person: Postdoctoral researchers
Nima Fakhrayi Mofrad
- Nuclear Materials and Engineering - Doctoral Researcher
Person: Doctoral students, Doctoral Student
20242025

15 Article
1 Chapter
1 Conference article in proceedings
1 Abstract

Computational analysis of plasma-wall interactions in beryllium: A detailed study of physical and chemically assisted physical sputtering
Mofrad, N. F., Romazanov, J., Schumacher, R. & Sand, A. E., May 2025, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 609, 155758.
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Divertor shaping with neutral baffling as a solution to the tokamak power exhaust challenge
Moulton, D., Hakola, A., Yang, H., Varje, J., Sun, H. J., Solokha, V., Snicker, A., Smith, S., Sipilä, S., Simpson, J., Silva, C., Sharma, R., Schneider, P., Särkimäki, K., Santos, J., Sand, A., Sanchis, L., Salmi, A., Ryan, P. & Rossi, R. & 36 others, Rees, D., Ollus, P., Nielsen, S. K., Moulton, D., Marin, M., Liang, Y., Leerink, S., Kumpulainen, H., Kumar, U., Kiviniemi, T., Kirjasuo, A., King, D., Kim, H. T., Karhunen, J., Järvinen, A., Huang, Z., Huang, J., Horsten, N., Hakola, A., Groth, M., Feng, X., Fakhrayi Mofrad, N., Eriksson, J., Chen, H., Chandra, R., Cai, J., Albert Devasagayam, F. C. P., Rose, E., Martin, R., Lomanowski, B. A., Liu, Y. Q., King, D., Chen, Z. P., Ahmed, S., The EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team & the MAST Upgrade Team, Dec 2025, In: Communications Physics. 8, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 215.
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Electronic effects in radiation-induced collision cascades in nickel
Sand, A., Kiely, G., Tamm, A. & Correa, A. A., 15 May 2025, In: Physical Review Materials. 9, 5, p. 1-13 13 p., 053603.
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LLNL/USER-EPH: release-used-for-W-UEDS
Tamm, A. (Creator), Correa, A. (Creator) & Stanovõhh, I. (Creator), Zenodo, 4 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10780339, https://zenodo.org/records/10780340
Dataset: Software or code
Electronic Effects in Radiation-Induced Collision Cascades in Nickel - Resulting Atomistic Structures
Kiely, G. (Creator) & Sand, A. (Creator), Fairdata , 12 Dec 2024
DOI: 10.23729/47acaa36-60b7-489b-9c1b-042556af1b1e
Dataset
STEM simulations of dislocation loops with Burgers vector b=a<001>
Sand, A. (Creator), Fairdata , 1 Jan 2021
DOI: 10.23729/87de8019-7f5c-4b7c-a6e7-719440b56c91, https://doi.org/10.23729%2F87de8019-7f5c-4b7c-a6e7-719440b56c91
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ERC Starting Grant
Sand, A. (Recipient), 22 Nov 2022
Prize: Granted funding (public project funding)

6 Hosting an academic visitor
2 Invited academic talk
1 Membership of an organizing committee or other positions of trust of a conference or a seminar
1 Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event

F. Javier Domínguez-Gutiérrez
Sand, A. (Host)
18 Aug 2023
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Silvia Bonfanti
Sand, A. (Host)
18 Aug 2023
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Christian Hill
Sand, A. (Host)
21 Sept 2023 → 22 Sept 2023
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor

Kaikissa ydinrikastamoissa voi tuottaa uraania polttoaineeksi tai ydinpommiin
Ala-Heikkilä, J.
25/06/2025
1 item of Media coverage
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GLOBAL ROUND UP SECTOR WEEKLY: UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER OF WEEK-ENDED MAR 03, 2024
Halme, M., Pekola, J. P., Rinke, P. & Sand, A.
04/03/2024
1 item of Media coverage
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Bridging gaps in reactor damage modelling and embracing diversity in academia
Sand, A.
01/03/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance

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Jarmo Ala-Heikkilä

Antoine Clement

Nima Fakhrayi Mofrad

Computational analysis of plasma-wall interactions in beryllium: A detailed study of physical and chemically assisted physical sputtering

Divertor shaping with neutral baffling as a solution to the tokamak power exhaust challenge

Electronic effects in radiation-induced collision cascades in nickel

LLNL/USER-EPH: release-used-for-W-UEDS

Electronic Effects in Radiation-Induced Collision Cascades in Nickel - Resulting Atomistic Structures

STEM simulations of dislocation loops with Burgers vector b=a<001>

ERC Starting Grant

F. Javier Domínguez-Gutiérrez

Silvia Bonfanti

Christian Hill

Kaikissa ydinrikastamoissa voi tuottaa uraania polttoaineeksi tai ydinpommiin

GLOBAL ROUND UP SECTOR WEEKLY: UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER OF WEEK-ENDED MAR 03, 2024

Bridging gaps in reactor damage modelling and embracing diversity in academia

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