nstx program update
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NSTX. Supported by. Office of Science. NSTX Program Update. College W&M Colorado Sch Mines Columbia U Comp-X General Atomics INEL Johns Hopkins U LANL LLNL Lodestar MIT Nova Photonics New York U Old Dominion U ORNL PPPL PSI Princeton U SNL Think Tank, Inc. UC Davis - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NSTX Program UpdateNSTX Program Update
J. Menard, M. Ono
For the NSTX Research Team
NSTX Team MeetingNSTX Control Room Annex, B318
September 23, 2008
College W&MColorado Sch MinesColumbia UComp-XGeneral AtomicsINELJohns Hopkins ULANLLLNLLodestarMITNova PhotonicsNew York UOld Dominion UORNLPPPLPSIPrinceton USNLThink Tank, Inc.UC DavisUC IrvineUCLAUCSDU ColoradoU MarylandU RochesterU WashingtonU Wisconsin
Culham Sci CtrU St. Andrews
York UChubu UFukui U
Hiroshima UHyogo UKyoto U
Kyushu UKyushu Tokai U
NIFSNiigata UU Tokyo
JAEAHebrew UIoffe Inst
RRC Kurchatov InstTRINITI
KBSIKAIST
POSTECHASIPP
ENEA, FrascatiCEA, Cadarache
IPP, JülichIPP, Garching
ASCR, Czech RepU Quebec
NSTXNSTX Supported by
Office of Science
NSTXNSTX NSTX Team Meeting – Update (Menard) 2September 23, 2008
NSTX Program Update
• Last team meeting was in May 2008 – much has happened since then!– July: NSTX 5yr plan successfully peer reviewed + successful facility review– Preparation of documentation for major upgrades (CS, NBI) underway
CALENDAR• Diagnostic collaboration proposals due to DOE Thu Sep 25• NSTX ITPA prep meeting next Monday Sep 29 – 1:30-4PM• FESAC toroidal alternates panel (TAP) meeting Oct 1-2
– Final report from TAP due end of October– Report will be discussed at next FESAC meeting – Nov 6-7
• IAEA - Oct 13-18, ITPA - Oct 20-23, APS - Nov 17-21• NSTX Research Forum – Dec 8-10• ITPA/IEA joint experiment planning – Dec 11-12 (MIT)• NSTX PAC meeting – sometime in Jan/Feb (under discussion)
NSTXNSTX NSTX Team Meeting – Update (Menard) 3September 23, 2008
Research Needs Workshops (ReNeWs) to provide input to a more detailed, long-range (15-20 yr) strategic plan for MFES
• Intend to complete by March 2010 - first ReNeW will be June 7-13, 2009
• Through this workshop and all the discussion, planning and activities leading up to it, the community will provide DOE with the information it needs to produce the long-range strategic plan, namely:– The agreed-upon issues that need to be resolved.
– The fusion/plasma/engineering science research that is required to attain a sufficient knowledge base to allow the nation to decide whether to proceed with the development of fusion as an energy source for the future.
– A clear understanding of the approaches to resolve these issues and attain this knowledge base including, as appropriate, a scientific/technical roadmap with options and decision points. An evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages should be provided if there is more than one approach. In addition to existing domestic facilities, consideration should be given to utilizing existing or planned foreign facilities to accomplish the required scientific objectives. If possible, preliminary scientific or technological research capability requirements should be provided for any new U.S. initiatives.
– Explanation of the logical linkages among the various activities including the possibility of joint research, both domestically and internationally, and required new U.S. capabilities.
A Multi-year, Multi-Step PlanningProcess for Each Area of Responsibility
IssueIdentification,
Research Needs
Approaches,Options,
Initiatives
Consolidation,Prioritization
GrandChallenges,
Missions
Tokamak/ AT
MagneticAlternates
PlasmaScience
HEDLP/ IFES
OFES; FESACNRC
IFES
PlasmaScience
MFES
HEDLPScience
NRC BPAC,FESAC FESAC Workshop(s)
NRC BPAC,FESAC FESAC Workshop(s)
NRC, OSTP,Task Force FESAC-e
Workshop(s)?Workshops OFES / NNSA
“FESAC-e”NRC
NRC FUSAC,Plasma 2010 FESAC Workshop(s)?
OFES; FESACNRC
ScienceArea
Outcome= Plan
Completed Ongoing Incomplete
Attachment 1
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2008 2009
S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F
2010
OFES Prepares Draft Long-Range Strategic Plan Revise
Publish Long-Range Strategic Plan
FESAC MeetingNov 6-7
Fusion Energy Sciences ProgramMFES Strategic Planning Timeline
09/17/08
Creating Predictable High-Performance Steady-State Plasmas
Panels Prepare for Workshop
Complete Draft Long-Range
Strategic Plan
OFES Appoints Workshop Chairs, Co-Chairs and
OFES Workshop Leaders
Harnessing Fusion Power
Panels Prepare for Workshop
Taming the Plasma Material Interface
Panels Prepare for Workshop
Final Report
Available
FESAC Meeting
Jan 14-15
Optimizing the Magnetic Configuration
Panels Prepare for Workshop
Workshop
Strategic Overview Plan to Congress
Achieving and Understanding the Burning Plasma State
Panels Prepare for Workshop
FESAC Meeting
Nov
FESAC Meeting
Jan
Attachment 2
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Research Needs Workshop Structure
Achieving and Understanding
the Burning Plasma State
Creating Predictable High-Performance
Steady-State Plasmas
Taming the Plasma Material
Interface
Harnessing Fusion Power
Optimizing the Magnetic
Configuration
Measurement
Integration
Theory and Modeling
Control
Off-Normal Plasma Events
Plasma Modification by Auxiliary Systems
Magnets
Plasma-Wall Interactions
Plasma-Facing Components
Internal Components
Fuel Cycle
Power Extraction
Materials Science
Safety
RAMI
Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences
Stellarator
Spherical Tokamak
Reversed Field Pinch
Compact Toroids
Attachment 3