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Madalina Vlad

Association EURATOM – MEdC Romania

1 M. Vlad, Sesiune informativa, 5/03/2014

This is what we want NEED

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F. Spineanu, Ziua IFA 2013

Fast moving


JET (Joint European Torus) Culham, Oxford, UK


Sursa: F. Briscoe 7 M. Vlad, Sesiune informativa, 5/03/2014

Centru

200,000,000 grade K

Bobine

4.1 grade K

4 metri

O configuratie exigenta


:

Principial

stabilitatea regimului

de confinare Modul H, ELM, limitele

in Beta si Densitate,

Instabilitati magnetice, etc.

Tehnologic

Primul perete, divertorul, tritiul


Sursa: Idomura 10 M. Vlad, Sesiune informativa, 5/03/2014

O configuratie exigenta: supraconductori Ni-Sn


INTERNATIONAL THERMONUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL REACTOR

(ITER)


ITER


Association Euratom – MEdC Romania


Romania became a full member of the EURATOM in 1999,

long before our European integration.

The Association Euratom MEdC is composed of research

groups from several institutes, in several towns

Maximum number of institutions in 2010: four national institutes

and three universities

After an increasing period (2000-2007), MEdC riches a plateau

In the period 2008-2013

Around 120 individuals, 35 ppy and budget of around 1.5

million / year

Significant EC participation: over 32% of the annual budgets

12% - Baseline Support

20% - EFDA and EFDA-JET Contracts and Mobility

The budget

2013: The highest budget in the hystory of the MEdC Association

The expected development was not continued after 2007. However, it was possible to maintain (after the problems in 2008) the level of 2007

(in the context of economical crisis).

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M. Vlad, Sesiune informativa, 5/03/2014

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Including Orders, Priority support, fellowships, EFDA CSU and Mobilities

Most of CE funding is for goal oriented work not for Baseline The ratio of the other types of funding to the Baseline support is:

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MEdC Association is composed in 2010-2013 of groups from:

•Institute of Atomic Physics – Management Group of the Research Unit

•National Institute of Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (NILPRP,

INFLPR)

•National Institute of Cryogenic and Isotope Technology (NICIT, ICIT)

•National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (NIPNE, IFIN-HH)

•National Institute of Physics of Materials (NIPM)

•University of Craiova (UCv)

•University A. I. Cuza from Iassy (UAIC)

The most important institutes from Romania are involved, with the

largest contribution from NILPRP

- The Association is a flexible structure (research groups participate more or less

according to the EFDA work plan for each year, new groups and leaving ones;

however most of the staff is stabilized, variations within 20%)


Strategic Scientific Objectives (Ob) and Directions (D)

NILPRP: five strategic objectives

Ob #1 Study of matter in extreme regimes by using ultra high electromagnetic

fields (TW-PW laser beams & electron beams)

Ob #2 Attaining and maintaining the leadership position in photonics science and

technology at national and regional level (including bio-nano-photonics)

Ob #3 Development of the scientific & technological pool of knowledge related to

fusion physics and technology within the EURATOM framework

Ob #4 Attaining and maintaining the national and regional leadership position in

plasma sources physics and applications

Ob #5 Space exploration and applications

Strategic Partnerships and Visibility: Events, Communications, Collaborations

Strategic partnerships

First, we have a strategic partnership with IFIN-HH, IFTM, UNIBUC,

POLI, IFA with the purpose to build the largest laser European

infrastructure namely ELI-NP. This long term partnership covers not only

the ELI project but also the development of physics and general research

in Romania.

Secondly, there are important partnerships with large physics

facilities under the umbrella of inter-governmental agreements:

R3B Collaboration - FAIR, GSI, Darmstadt

EURATOM Associations (EFDA)

Joint European Torus (JET)

IUCN Dubna, Russia

European Space Agency (ESA)

LHC - Large Hadron Collider, CERN, Geneva

IAEA

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Complex program, which deals with all the main direction of research;

strongest contribution to plasma-wall interaction (PWI)

Participation to JET Upgrade projects

Fundamental aspects (essential contribution in understanding plasma

processes besides experiments and numerical simulations)

Strong correlation with the European Work Plan. However, in several

cases we propose specific approaches, with contributions that are

complementary to those of the other Associations

Collaborations with many Associations



Contributions – technological and fundamental research,

within the European programme structures (EU Topical

Groups, EU Task Forces):

Plasma wall interactions (coating technologies, thin layers, surface

cleaning, detritiation, irradiation effects).

Experimental research on tokamak: diagnostics, fast ion physics,

prevention of plasma disruption, results already used at JET.

Fundamental research: non-linear effects in turbulence-induced transport;

theoretical methods were developed for the analytical treatment of these

processes.

Since 2010: research on fusion materials.

Since 2012: participation to the EFDA programme: ITER Physics Support

Activities.

Examples of important achievements


Major contribution to

the EFDA-JET project

“ITER-like Wall at JET”

Technology and Manufacturing of 10 m W-coatings for

the CFC tiles to be installed in JET

Extension to JET divertor

CMSII coating equipment general view

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CMSII discharge with 6 magnetrons

Tungsten markers deposited on various

substrates by CMSII technology

To measure net errosion of W on

divertor tiles

PRODUCTION OF BERYLLIUM COATINGS

FOR INCONEL CLADDING AND BERYLLIUM TILE MARKERS

Thermionic vacuum arc (TVA) method

Beryllium coatings on inconel:

(a) “as produced”;

(b) after HHF test of 20 MJ m-2.

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a

b

The equipment used for Beryllium tile

Markers coatings

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Important contributions to the the understanding of

fundamental processes in plasmas

Physics of turbulence and transport in tokamak plasmas

Statistical physics for anomalous transport in plasmas

Mathematical modeling of transport processes

Coherent flows in plasmas, plasma rotation

6 articles in Phys. Rev. Letters with only Romanian authors or first authors

The Decorrelation Trajectory

Method: diffusion in turbulent

plasma

Hamiltonian dynamics

and stochastic processes

Plasma rotation as quasi-

coherent flows and

improved confinement

New organization of the integrated European fusion

research

- EFDA: closed at the ebd of 2013

- Consortium of National Laboratories

The roadmap to the realization of fusion

energy

• Make fusion a credible energy option;

• This requires establishing an ambitious, yet realistic roadmap towards the

demonstration of electricity production by 2050

• 3 elements:

- The ITER project as the “essential step towards energy production in a fast

track”;

- A single step (DEMO) between ITER and the commercial fusion power plant

designed “as a credible prototype for a power-producing fusion reactor,

although in itself not fully technically or economically optimized”;

- IFMIF, for material qualification under intense neutron irradiation, in parallel

with ITER

The missions o the realization of fusion electricity

CDA +EDA

Inductive

Baseline

Low capital cost and long term technologies

Construction Operation

Stellarator optimization

CFETR (CN)

FNS (US)

European MST + IC

1. Plasma Operation

2. Heat exhaust

3. Materials

4. Tritium Breeding

5. Safety

6. DEMO

7. Competitive Cost

8. Stellarator

Burning Plasma Stellarator

2010 2020 2030

2040 2050

DEMO decision Fusion electricity

ITER Test blanket

programme Parallel Blanket Concepts

European MST +linear plasma + DTT + IC

Advanced configuration and

materials

Steady state

Goal oriented research

Mission 1. Plasma regimes of operation

Mission 2. Heat-exhaust systems

Mission 3. Neutron resistant materials

Mission 4. Tritium self-sufficiency

Mission 5. Implementation of the intrinsic safety features of fusion

Mission 6. Integrated DEMO design and system development

Mission 7. Competitive cost of electricity

Mission 8. Stellarator

Training and education. How to form “Generation ITER”.

Breaking new frontiers – The need for basic research

-to progress physics understanding.

-a programme, distinct from the project-oriented programme, that can be

“curiosity driven” and should involve both theory and experiment.

New organization based on: Fusion Roadmap and EUROfusion Consortium

MEdC answer to the call of the EUROfusion Consortium.

We have accepted projects in 8 Work Packges with a total EC funding

of 577,000 Euro (significantly more than in 2013)

Problems related with the new organization

very strong decrease of the total funding integrated research (with

very ambitious Work Plan)

X (EC) + 4X (members) = 5X X (EC) + X (members) = 2X

Result:

the countries with strong fusion program will perform most of the

research independently (not according to the integrated WP)

the countries that do not have fusion program will be practically

excluded by the reduction of the budget with the factor 2.5

(with strong loss for the fusion research and for the EUROfusion)

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