Background

Background Information

With the “ITER era” well underway, the fusion community is now considering the next major steps in magnetic fusion energy (MFE) R&D. It follows that there is heightened interest worldwide in the roadmap to commercial MFE. There is a need to understand how various nations are quantifying the key science and technology prerequisites for a Demo, namely the last step before commercial production. Following a rollback approach, the requirements for major nuclear facilities needed to satisfy those prerequisites must then be clarified. In order to broaden the exchange of technical information and strategic perspectives, PPPL will host an international workshop on MFE roadmapping in the ITER era, to be held on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, NJ.

Program
The agenda will mainly consist of invited talks with ample time for discussion. A limited number of poster presentations relevant to the four workshop topics can be accommodated. Please contact any committee member regarding contributed posters. The meeting will end with summary talks on each of the four main topics. All presentations will be posted on an open web site. It is tentatively planned to publish a summary of the workshop as a journal article.

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Topics

Perspectives on Demo and the roadmap to Demo

Technology: basis, gaps, risks, and facility needs

Physics-Technology integration and optimization: basis, gaps, risks, and facility needs

Major facilities on the path to Demo: missions, requirements, and risks

Workshop Goals
The goal of the workshop is to foster an international technical discussion of the science and technology issues and prerequisites for Demo, and the missions, requirements, and risk tradeoffs for major nuclear facilities, including ITER, on the path to Demo. It is not a goal of the workshop to propose or endorse a particular roadmap(s), but it is hoped that technical experts involved in the planning of strategies and future devices will participate in and benefit from the workshop.

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