27th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering

Session

M.OP3: Next Step Devices, DEMO, Power Plants

M.OP3

5 Jun 2017, 16:00

Marriott Shanghai City Center

228. Status of K-DEMO Design Concept Study

Dr Keeman Kim (National Fusion Research Institure, Republic of Korea)

05/06/2017, 16:00

Next step devices, DEMO, power plants

Invited Oral

The conceptual study on the Korean fusion demonstration reactor (K-DEMO) has been carried out since 2012 [1]. K-DEMO is featured by the medium size tokamak (R = 6.8 m, a = 2.1), a high magnetic field (B$_{To}$ = 7.4 T) with steady-state operation. The primary candidate of coolant medium is the pressurized water. One unique aspect of K-DEMO is a two-staged development plan to mitigate the gaps...

466. Building a Virtual Tokamak - Integrated Multi-Physics Modelling for Fusion Engineering

Mr Matti Coleman (UKAEA)

05/06/2017, 16:20

Next step devices, DEMO, power plants

Invited Oral

The design of any tokamak reactor presents one of the greatest engineering challenges in the world today, in particular for DEMO-class machines (which we define here as tritium self-sufficient, net electricity producing devices). By its very nature, such an endeavour requires the coordination of a vast effort spanning many fields, bridging physics and engineering disciplines. Typically, this...

40. Conceptual development of K-DEMO, highlighting maintenance and support details of in-vessel components

Mr Thomas Brown (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

05/06/2017, 16:40

Next step devices, DEMO, power plants

Oral

The Korean fusion demonstration reactor (K-DEMO) has progressed through early concept definition activities to establish machine parameters, an operating point and the definition of the major core components. A key part of the conceptual development activities centered on the in-vessel components and the concept definition of the blanket/shield system, its segmentation and support arrangement....

15. Preliminary Research on Reliability Index System of Fusion Power Plant

Dr Dagui Wang (Key Laboratory of Neutronics and Radiation Safety, Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

05/06/2017, 17:00

Next step devices, DEMO, power plants

Oral

Nuclear fusion is one of the most promising options for generating large amounts of carbon-free energy in the future. Since fusion energy is innovative and fusion facilities contain unique and expensive equipment, the reliability issue is very important from their efficiency perspective. The evaluation of reliability is an important part in the safety study of fusion reactor. And the system...

437. Initial concept for the plasma diagnostic and control system for the European DEMO tokamak reactor

W. Biel (Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany)

05/06/2017, 17:20

Next step devices, DEMO, power plants

Oral

The development of the plasma diagnostic and control (D&C) system for a future tokamak demonstration fusion reactor (DEMO) is facing unprecedented challenges. The DEMO D&C system has to operate with very high reliability, since any loss of plasma control may result in machine damage. On the same time, high accuracy of the D&C system is needed in order to allow for plasma operation near...

544. Status of the US Virtual Laboratory for Technology

Dr Phil Ferguson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

05/06/2017, 17:40

Next step devices, DEMO, power plants

Invited Oral

The Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) program created the Virtual Laboratory for Technology (VLT) in 1998 with the goal of establishing a single entity with central leadership that would connect all aspects of the FES Technology Program. Since its inception, the VLT has been successful in conducting high quality research in support of the fusion energy sciences program mission...