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IEA Executive Committee meetings of Large Tokamak Facilities and Poloidal Divertor IAs

IEA Executive Committee meetings of Large Tokamak Facilities and Poloidal Divertor IAs. General Atomics, San Diego, CA June 3-4, 2008. Opening Comments. Good representation from EU, JA, KO, US, IEA Regrets for absence of several members Mostly Joint meeting of the two IAs

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IEA Executive Committee meetings of Large Tokamak Facilities and Poloidal Divertor IAs

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  1. IEA Executive Committee meetings of Large Tokamak Facilities andPoloidal Divertor IAs General Atomics, San Diego, CA June 3-4, 2008

  2. Opening Comments • Good representation from EU, JA, KO, US, IEA • Regrets for absence of several members • Mostly Joint meeting of the two IAs • Several common issues • Agenda includes more than routine work • Continue discussion of several issues in 2007 • Respond to evolving fusion programs

  3. Common Topics for Discussion • Report from FPCC meeting, February 2008 • Input to new 3 Yr FPCC Mandate • Future direction and ‘restructuring of IAs’ • Support for ITER R&D during construction • Issues described in ITER Research Plan • ITPA under ITER auspices and ITPA-IEA Joint experiments • IEA sponsorship of IAEA TCMs • H-Mode and Energetic Particles • Support for Nuclear Fusion Journal • Start of a new tokamak - KSTAR

  4. Action Items from the FPCC Meeting • 37th of FPCC – 26-27 February, Paris • Carrie Pottinger – new FPCC desk officer • Gianelli, Kikuchi, and Oktay participated • ITER Organization now regular participant • New FPCC Mandate to CERT in October • Support for ITER and BA • Other activities • ‘Restructuring’ of IAs to be more effective • Closer Interaction between IEA FPCC and IAEA IFRC • Should IEA sponsor IAEA TCMs on H-Mode and EP? • IAEA offer to hold the next FPCC meeting at IAEA in conjunction with IFRC

  5. Streamlining of IAs • FPCC Discussions for past few years • FPCC consensus at the last meeting • Nuclear technology, Materials, and ESE IAs continue as separate IAs • Alternates (Stellarators, RFP, and STs) continue as separate IAs – more commonality with tokamaks • ExCos for tokamak related IAs (LT, PD, PWIT) to make recommendations • Input needed for the new FPCC Mandate

  6. Current Status of Tokamak IAs • Expiration dates of Agreements • PD (July 2010); EU, US, KO; (CN and IN invited to join) • LT (Dec 2010); EU, US, JA (JAEA) • PWIT (Dec 2012); EU, CA, US, JA (NIFS) • The IAs decide their future direction • Need to make recommendations to FPCC

  7. Four Options for Tokamak IAs • Transform from ‘facility’ to ‘topical’ focus • LT – Burning Plasmas • PD – Steady State Physics and Technology • PWI in TEXTOR – PWI in all concepts • Combine LT and PD into one Tokamak IA • PWIT continues as PWI • Combine three IAs into one Tokamak IA • No change – horizontal tasks on common topics

  8. Aim is efficiency and enhanced contributions • Minimize meetings and workshops • Coordinate common activities • Enhance response to ITER needs • Promote broader fusion research • Accommodate changing programs • New tokamaks in China and India • Only JET among three large tokamaks left operating • How to incorporate JT-60SA in the future • One single Tokamak Agreement might be too ‘complicated’

  9. Outcome of this meeting • No urgency to make a final decision yet • Need to have some discussion of this matter in the FPCC mandate • due in October • Identify pros and cons of each option • Input to further discussions around the ITPA CC meeting at Cadarache on June 30-July1

  10. Urgent ITER Issues • Critical physics and technology issues impacting ITER design now • Ongoing R&D during ITER construction • Extensive discussions in • ITER Organization (IO) • Domestic Agencies (DAs) • Science and Technology Advisory Committee

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