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 1
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. 2
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. 3
Basic Fusion Reactions 4
Fuel for 1 GWe-Year 5
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. 6
ASME Codes for Fusion Reactors 7
Prof. Kalra / IIT - Kanpur Non-Maxwellian ion distributions in fusion plasmas of D-D / D-T. Modeling MHD flow in fusion reactor breeding blankets. Typical ITER-TBM(Test Blanket Module) ** ITER * ** Report No. UCLA-FNT-216, Volume-1:Technical plan and Cost 8 Estimate Summary * http://www.iter.org
Robert Fedosejevs / U. Alberta Inertial Confinement Fusion R&D 9
Doug Richardson / General Fusion Acoustically-driven Magnetized Target Fusion concept.
Liu, Hirose - U. Sask. STOR-U / Tokamak research. 11
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. 12
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. 13
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. 14
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) 15
University of Saskatchewan Plasma Physics Laboratory / STOR-U 16
University of Alberta Laser facilities. 17
General Fusion 18
Joint European Torus (JET) 19
ITER / Tokamak 20
Cadarache / ITER Site 21
National Ignition Facility (NIF) 22
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. 23
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. 24
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 25
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