Diagnostics for experimental fusion reactors
4 September 1997 - 4 September 1997
Italy
An international workshop on "Diagnostics for experimental fusion reactors" will take place in Varenna, Italy, from 4 to 12 September 1997. The workshop is being jointly organized by the International School of Plasma Physics "Piero Caldirola" and the Istituto di Fisica del Plasma "Piero Caldirola" del CNR (Milan). It is supported by the European Commission within the framework of the Community's specific programme of research and training in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion (1994-1998).
The workshop will focus on work being carried out within the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER), a joint project involving the EC, the USA and Japan. ITER will need to measure a wide range of plasma parameters in order to reach and sustain high levels of fusion power. Several factors make the implementation of diagnostics much more difficult on ITER than on present experiments. It is also anticipated that diagnostics will be used much more extensively as input to control systems on ITER than on present fusion devices and this will require increased reliability and long-term stability. This is a formidable and stimulating challenge to physicists in the world fusion community.
Preliminary design and specification of diagnostics for ITER has started through the ITER Engineering Design Activity and was reviewed in a previous workshop held in Varenna in 1995. The present workshop will review the progress in the diagnostic studies for ITER including diagnostic engineering. The meeting will provide an opportunity for open and constructive discussion between diagnosticians working in this challenging field and those interested in developing the required measurement techniques.
Topics to be covered will include:
- Core diagnostics;
- Edge and divertor diagnostics;
- Plasma shape and position;
- Diagnostics for plasma control;
- Radiation effects on diagnostic components.
For further information/application forms, please contact:
Secretariat Villa Monastero
Mrs. D. Pifferetti
1 Piazza Venini
I-22050 Varenna
Tel. +39-341-831261; Fax +39-341-831281
E-mail: ccvm@ccvm.cil.lc.it
The workshop will focus on work being carried out within the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER), a joint project involving the EC, the USA and Japan. ITER will need to measure a wide range of plasma parameters in order to reach and sustain high levels of fusion power. Several factors make the implementation of diagnostics much more difficult on ITER than on present experiments. It is also anticipated that diagnostics will be used much more extensively as input to control systems on ITER than on present fusion devices and this will require increased reliability and long-term stability. This is a formidable and stimulating challenge to physicists in the world fusion community.
Preliminary design and specification of diagnostics for ITER has started through the ITER Engineering Design Activity and was reviewed in a previous workshop held in Varenna in 1995. The present workshop will review the progress in the diagnostic studies for ITER including diagnostic engineering. The meeting will provide an opportunity for open and constructive discussion between diagnosticians working in this challenging field and those interested in developing the required measurement techniques.
Topics to be covered will include:
- Core diagnostics;
- Edge and divertor diagnostics;
- Plasma shape and position;
- Diagnostics for plasma control;
- Radiation effects on diagnostic components.
For further information/application forms, please contact:
Secretariat Villa Monastero
Mrs. D. Pifferetti
1 Piazza Venini
I-22050 Varenna
Tel. +39-341-831261; Fax +39-341-831281
E-mail: ccvm@ccvm.cil.lc.it