Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2022
Volume 67, Number 6
Saturday–Tuesday, April 9–12, 2022; New York
Session E05: New Nuclear TechnologiesInvited Live Streamed Undergrad Friendly
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Sponsoring Units: FIP Chair: Alan Hurd, LANL Room: Astor |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 3:45PM - 4:21PM |
E05.00001: Overview and status of the ITER project Invited Speaker: Alain Becoulet The ITER project is a collaboration of 35 countries to build the world’s largest fusion energy device, to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power at an industrial scale. Recent years have seen rapid progress in construction, manufacturing, and – starting in mid-2020 – assembly phase. Currently, above 75% of the overall work required to achieve First Plasma has been completed. On the ITER worksite, this progress is visible firstly in the completion of key buildings and infrastructures. The tokamak building was declared ready for equipment as of Spring 2020. Commissioning of the connection to the EU grid and the substation for the steady-state electric network is complete; and commissioning of other key plant support systems (e.g., cooling water, cryoplant, pulsed power for magnet systems) is underway. |
Saturday, April 9, 2022 4:21PM - 4:57PM |
E05.00002: Bringing fusion energy to the grid: the role of start-ups Invited Speaker: Francesco Volpe
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Saturday, April 9, 2022 4:57PM - 5:33PM |
E05.00003: Design 4 Remote: What happens when we can’t get hands on? Invited Speaker: Robert Buckingham As nuclear science increases in energy the ability to maintain facilities hands-on will become increasingly limited and may require a wholesale move to remote operations. We have seen this with the European Spallation Source Active Cell Facility which is a 12m by 12m by 12m windowless hotcell that must be operated, maintained and upgraded remotely throughout its life. We also expect this for a fusion power plant. Rob’s talk will look at recent developments in robotics for hazardous environments looking at JET, the fusion reactor at Culham, ITER and ESS.
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