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Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee to Assess Opportunities in

Explore opportunities for U.S. researchers in plasma science and control materials for fusion energy. FESAC panels formulated in 2011 by DOE to assess international collaboration opportunities by January 31, 2012. The aim is to enhance research collaboration in superconducting tokamaks and stellarators, plasma confinement and control science, and plasma-wall interactions. The FESAC International Collaboration Panel emphasizes research modes to support global scientific collaboration and learn from other fields with successful off-shore research transitions. Community input is welcomed through short white papers for evaluation. For materials science and technology, the focus is on research gaps for creating a Demo based on the MFE ReNeW report, assessing risks of experimental studies versus computational approaches in fusion energy. FESAC aims to identify opportunities in existing and emerging facilities and understand the role of computation in experimental research paths. Explore the website for more details and submission guidelines.

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Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee to Assess Opportunities in

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  1. Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee to Assess Opportunities in International Collaboration on Plasma Science and Control Materials Science and Technology Presented by Dale Meade UFA Meeting, APS-DPP, Salt Lake City, UT November 14, 2011

  2. FESAC Panels formed in 2011 • DOE issued charges to FESAC in July 2011 on: • International Collaboration on Plasma Related Issues • Materials Science and Technology Issues • Reports due Jan 31, 2012 • Next FESAC meeting is February 28-29, 2012

  3. FESAC International Collaboration Panel 2011 • Charge #1 • What areas of research on new international facilities provide compelling scientific opportunities for U.S. researchers over the next 10 – 20 years? Look at opportunities in long-pulse, steady-state research in superconducting advanced tokamaks and stellarators; in steady-state plasma confinement and control science; and in plasma-wall interactions. - The explicit aim is to focus on the superconducting facilities in Asia and Europe, both existing and emergent.

  4. FESAC International Collaboration Panel 2011 • Charge #2 • What research modes would best facilitate international research collaborations in plasma and fusion sciences? Consider modes already used by these communities as well as those used by other research communities that have significant international collaborations. - What lessons can we learn from other scientific fields, e.g. high energy physics, nuclear physics, others, that have had to undergo a transition and take on off-shore research significantly or nearly entirely - FESAC is encouraged to engage members of those fields and representatives from universities where international research efforts are successful, as well as where transitions to an off-shore emphasis have failed - Observations about national lab/university partnerships in new international collaborations will be highly valued. Again, what can other fields teach us?

  5. FESAC International Collaboration Panel Members David Anderson, U. Wis., dtanders at wisc.edu , +1 (608) 262 0172 Michael Bell, PPPL, mbell at pppl.gov , +1 (609) 243 3282 Richard Buttery, GA, buttery at fusion.gat.com , +1 (858) 455 3557 Jeffrey Harris, ORNL, harrisjh at ornl.gov , +1 (865) 241 6546 David Hill, LLNL, hilldn at fusion.gat.com , +1 (858) 455 3234 Amanda Hubbard*, MIT, hubbard at psfc.mit.edu , +1 (617) 253 3220 Gerald Navratil, Columbia U., navratil at columbia.edu +1 (212) 854 4496 Robert Rosner*, U. Chicago, r-rosner at uchicago.edu , +1 (773) 702 0560 George Tynan, UCSD, gtynan at ad.ucsd.edu , +1 (858) 534 5556 Frank Wuerthwein,UCSD, fkw at ucsd.edu , +1 (858) 822 3219 Wesley Smith, U. Wis., wsmith at hep.wisc.edu , +1 (608) 262 4690 Dale Meade*, Chair, FIRE, dmeade at pppl.gov, +1 (609) 921 2882 * FESAC member Web site http://fire.pppl.gov (use link in table)

  6. Community Input is Solicited for the FESAC International Collaboration Panel Evaluation Short white papers suggesting compelling collaboration opportunities and modes of collaboration to be considered by the Panel can be submitted for the FESAC International Collaboration web site (sub-page of http://fire.pppl.gov) ) by sending the contribution to Dale Meade (dmeade at pppl.gov ). For example - 1) In addition to ITER, what are the most compelling opportunities for international collaboration on foreign facilities in the next 10 to 20 years? 2) What are the most compelling opportunities for international collaboration on domestic facilities in the next 10 to 20 years? • What criteria should be used to evaluate international collaboration opportunities? 4) Comment on the challenges faced by smaller university based research groups in pursuing collaborative research in fusion energy sciences.

  7. FESAC Material Science and Technology Panel 2011 Charge What areas of research in materials sciences and technology provide compelling opportunities for US researchers in the near term and in the ITER era? Please focus on research needed to fill gaps in order to create the basis for a Demo and specify technical requirements in greater detail than provided in the MFE ReNeW (Research Needs Workshop) report. Also, your assessment of the risks associated with research paths with different degrees of experimental study vs. computation as a proxy to experiment will be of value. • Consider near- and long-term (~0 to 5, 5-15, and 15+ years); what can be done with existing facilities, new facilities, and emergent international facilities • Experiment & the role of computation: Identify 2-3 paths with varying emphases on massively parallel computing–what are the risks associated with each path? • Materials defined to encompass nuclear (dpa’s); non-nuclear (pmi); differential (single-effects) and integrated (multiple-effects) phenomena; harnessing fusion power • Among the important resources are FNS-PA documents (Chuck Kessel, leader)

  8. FESAC Materials Sciences and Technology Panel *FESAC member FESAC materials sciences web site: http://aries.ucsd.edu/fesac_mat/

  9. Community Input is Solicited for the FESAC Materials Science Panel Evaluation • Input is solicited on key scientific challenges that need to be resolved to create the basis for a Demo, particularly in the following topical areas: • Plasma-materials interactions, • nuclear degradation of materials and structures, and • fusion power conversion and tritium fuel cycle technologies. • The contributions should focus on the scientific issue(s) to be resolved, rather than technical specifications of facility(ies) that might be important for resolving current engineering science barriers • Short white papers or suggested scientific questions or issues to be considered by the subcommittee can be submitted to the FESAC materials sciences web site (http://aries.ucsd.edu/fesac_mat/ ) by sending the contribution to Farrokh Najmabadi (fnajmabadi at ucsd.edu ). • Questions regarding the scope of issues to be evaluated, and requests to present white paper issues at one of the weekly teleconferences, should be submitted to the subcommittee chair, Steve Zinkle (zinklesj at ornl.gov )

  10. FESAC Panel Public Input SessionInternational Collaboration in Magnetic FusionWhat are the compelling opportunities?What are the challenges and barriers?What are the best modes of collaboration?Wednesday 1:00 pm to 1:45 pmBallroom I, Salt Palace Convention Center

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