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CNS Fusion Science and Technology Division

Blair Bromley, Peter Schwanke Reactor Physicists, Fusion Enthusiasts

bromleyb@aecl.ca, Peter.Schwanke@candu.com

October 21/22, 2011

History

• Official Division of CNS
• Since 2010 August.
• Revitalization started in 2009.
• Evolved from Fusion Committee.
• Had become dormant.
• Canada withdrew from ITER.
• Federal/provincial governments reduced support for

fusion research since 2001.

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Goal

• To help facilitate the re-birth of fusion

science and technology R&D in Canada.

• Re-build domestic activity in Fusion R&D.
• Encourage international cooperation.
• Encourage technical communication.
• Scientific researchers
• Educators, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts.
• Government officials, etc.

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Basic Fusion Reactions

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Fuel for 1 GWe-Year

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Recent FSTD Success

• CNS-FSTD helped organize fusion

technical session at the CNS 2011.

• Six technical papers.
• Participants from across Canada, and India.
• First dedicated fusion technical session at a

CNS conference in more than ten years.

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ASME Codes for Fusion Reactors

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• Prof. Kalra / IIT - Kanpur
• Non-Maxwellian ion distributions in

fusion plasmas of D-D / D-T.

• Modeling MHD flow in fusion reactor

breeding blankets.

8 ITER* Typical ITER-TBM(Test Blanket Module)**

Estimate Summary

*http://www.iter.org

Robert Fedosejevs / U. Alberta

• Inertial Confinement Fusion R&D

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Doug Richardson / General Fusion

• Acoustically-driven Magnetized Target Fusion

concept.

Liu, Hirose - U. Sask.

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• STOR-U / Tokamak research.

Ongoing Activities / Actions (1)

• Recruit new chair for CNS-FSTD.
• Rotation is healthy. Fresh perspective.
• Ideally a person doing work in fusion.
• Identify/recruit interested CNS Members
• Also members of CNS-FSTD (no extra charge).
• Recruit volunteers to assist.
• Rewarding and fun. Fun is found in Fusion.

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Ongoing Activities / Actions (2)

• Establish FSTD Organizing Committee.
• Recruit committee members.
• Develop updated email list for fusion

researchers and enthusiasts.

• Encourage to join CNS and CNS-FSTD.

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Ongoing Activities / Actions (3)

• Plan for a Canadian Fusion Workshop
• Stand-alone meeting, or:
• Embedded meeting following a CNS Annual

Conference.

• Identify FSTD Representative to serve:
• CNS Annual Conference Organizing

Committee

• Technical Program Committees.

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Ongoing Activities / Actions (4)

• Organize a fusion technical session at

CNS Conference.

• Recruit fusion papers.
• Plenary session speakers.
• Organize tours for fusion-related research

facilities in Canada and abroad.

• U. Saskatchewan STOR-U, U. Calgary
• General Fusion (B.C.)
• MIT, U. Wisconsin, Princeton U., U. Rochester
• JET (Culham), ITER (Cadarache), NIF (LLNL)

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University of Saskatchewan

• Plasma Physics Laboratory / STOR-U

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University of Alberta

• Laser facilities.

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General Fusion

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Joint European Torus (JET)

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ITER / Tokamak

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Cadarache / ITER Site

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National Ignition Facility (NIF)

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Ongoing Activities / Actions (5)

• Liaison / collaborate with the Plasmas

Physics Division of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP).

• Face-to-face meetings.
• Opportunities to cooperate.
• Set up FSTD/fusion webpage.
• On CNS website.

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Ongoing Activities / Actions (6)

• Prepare a CNS position paper on fusion

science and technology.

• Get input from researchers across Canada to

develop this.

• Set up a fusion blog / discussion group

for fusion in Canada.

• Maybe a Facebook Page.
• Other ideas welcome.

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Feedback / Suggestions

• We need you.
• Become a volunteer.
• Help with small tasks and projects.
• Even a few hours a year can make a difference.
• Contact us:
• Blair Bromley – bromleyb@aecl.ca
• Peter Schwanke – Peter.Schwanke@candu.com

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