International HHFC Workshop on Readiness to Proceed from Near Term Fusion Systems to Power Plants
 

International HHFC Workshop on Readiness to Proceed from Near Term Fusion Systems to Power Plants

December 10-12, 2008

CMRR Auditorium, UCSD, La Jolla, CA

Participants

Agenda


Wednesday December 10
8:00-8:30 Coffee and socializing Check-in
8:30-8:35 Welcome/logistics R. Raffray
8:35-8:45 Welcome from CER (ppt) M. Tillack
8:45-8:55 Background and goals of the workshop (ppt) R. Raffray/R. Nygren/D. Whyte
Session 1: Near term HHFC design and R&D (ITER)
Session coordinator: R. Nygren
Chair: TBD
8:55-9:30 ITER PFC (Divertor, First Wall) design (ppt) M. Merola
9:30-10:05 EU considerations on design and qualification of PFC's for near term machines (ITER) (ppt, pdf) P. Lorenzetto
10:05-10:20 Break  
10:20-10:55 Near term to long term PFC/divertor considerations (ppt) R. Nygren
10:55-11:30 EU PFC/divertor concepts for power plants (ppt, wmv, Synopsis(pdf)) P.Norajitra
11:30-11:45 Discussion  
11:45-1:00 Photo + Lunch  
1:00-2:00 Tours (PISCES and Laser Laboratories)  
 
Session 2 Long term HHFC concepts (power plants)
Session coordinator: R. Raffray
Chair: TBD
2:00-2:35 US PFC/divertor concepts for power plants (ppt) R. Raffray
2:35-3:10 Japan considerations on design and qualification ofPFC's for near term machines (ITER) (ppt) S. Suzuki (presented by S. Konishi)
3:10-3:25 Break  
3:25-4:00 Japan PFC/divertor concepts for power plants S. Konishi/Y. Ueda (ppt_1, ppt_2)
4:00-4:30 Discussion  
 
Session 3 Material aspects for near term and long term concepts
Session 3.1 Material - Development/Fabrication/Joining
Session coordinator: D. Hoelzer (TBD)
Chair: TBD
4:30-5:05 Regular and ODS ferritic steel as structural material for power plant HHFC's (pdf) D. Hoelzer
5:05-5:40 W as structural material for power plant HHFC's (ppt, pdf) M. Rieth
5:40 Adjourn
6:45 Workshop Dinner at El Fandango Restaurant in Old Town
 
 
Thursday December 11
 
8:00-8:30 Coffee and socializing
 
Session 3.2: Material - PMI and High heat flux testing
Session coordinator: M. Roedig
Chair: TBD
8:30-9:05 Recent PMI experience in Tokamaks (ppt, avi) R. Neu
9:05-9:40 Tritium behavior in different PFC armors from PISCES (ppt, pdf) R. Doerner
9:40-10:15 High heat flux testing of different armor (ppt, pptx, pdf) M. Roedig
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:05 High heat flux and CHF testing in support of ITER (ppt, pdf) F. Escourbiac
11:05-11:40 Experimental validation of thermal performance of gas-cooled divertors (ppt, pdf) S. Abdel-Khalik
11:40-12:25 Discussion
12:25-1:40 Lunch
 
Session 4: Physics considerations for near term and long term concepts
Session coordinator: D. Whyte
Chair: TBD
1:40-2:15 Near term SOL and divertor physics issues for ITER (ppt) R. Pitts
2:15-2:50 Stellarator as alternate confinement: Benefits and issues (pdf) R. Maingi
2:50-3:25 Empirical and modeling scalings of SOL/divertor profiles (pdf) T. Rognlien
3:25-3:40 Break
3:40-4:15 Controlling SOL & pedestal MHD (pdf) T. Evans
4:15-4:50 Physics "gap" issues from ITER to reactors for integrating HHFC and edge plasmas (pdf) D. Whyte
4:50-5:35 Discussion
5:35 Adjourn
 
 
Friday December 12
 
8:00-8:30 Coffee and socializing
 
Session 5: Evaluation methodology to assess current readiness level vis-a-vis the long term objective and how to get there
Session coordinator: M. Tillack
Chair: TBD
8:30-9:05 Technology Readiness Levels applied to HHFC (ppt_1, pdf_1, ppt_2) M. Tillack
9:05-9:50 Discussion
9:50-10:05 Break
10:05-12:30 Final discussion, wrap-up, summary and writing assignments (R_Goldston_ppt, R_Goldston_pdf, C_Wong_pdf, Session1_ppt, Session2_ppt, Session3_2_ppt, Session4_doc) R. Raffray/R. Nygren/D. Whyte
12:30 Adjourn