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AKE: Arbeitskreis Energie

AKE 4: Fusionsforschung

AKE 4.1: Invited Talk

Monday, March 14, 2011, 15:00–15:30, MENSA Dül

Fusion research for ITER - what we can learn from JET — •Francesco Romanelli — JET-EFDA, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, UK

Fusion is an energy source virtually unlimited, diffuse, intrinsically safe and environmentally responsible. This talk addresses the major challenges of fusion energy and the status of research. The presentation will focus on the confinement of a high-temperature plasma, the control of plasma instabilities, the minimization of turbulent transport processes, the development of materials capable of withstanding high heat and neutron flux conditions. The production of fusion power up to a level of 16MW has been demonstrated on JET. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) presently under construction will demonstrate the production of fusion power at the level of a medium size reactor (500MW). The JET programme is strongly focussed to the consolidation of the ITER design choices and the preparation of the regime of operations. The possible contribution of JET in accelerating the exploitation of ITER will be presented.