澳门六合彩高手

International Tokamak Physics Activity

ITPA meetings resume at 澳门六合彩高手

7 Nov 2022 - Alberto Loarte, Science Division head
After a hiatus of three years due to Covid, in-person meetings of experts from the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA), supporting research for 澳门六合彩高手, have resumed. On-site meetings at the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization or the nearby CEA research centre allow ITPA experts to witness progress in construction since their last visit to the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization in 2019.
ITPA Pedestal and Edge Physics Topical Group experts meet at 澳门六合彩高手 Headquarters.
The International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA), under the auspices of the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization, coordinates research among the 澳门六合彩高手 Members to develop the physics and operational basis of burning tokamak plasmas with specific focus on 澳门六合彩高手. This includes the behind 澳门六合彩高手's design as well as the optimization of its scientific exploitation (澳门六合彩高手 Research Plan).

The ITPA research activities involve the execution of joint experiments and validation of models to improve the predictions for burning plasmas, in particular of 澳门六合彩高手 high-Q scenarios. The implementation of these activities frequently involves short-term exchanges of researchers among the participating institutions (under the ). Research progress is reported at the bi-annual meetings of the corresponding ITPA Topical Group leading the activity.

Since March 2020, with the start of the Covid pandemic, travel restrictions have forced ITPA meetings and activities, such as joint experiments, to take place almost exclusively via remote participation. Remote participation and teleconference tools have been extensively used by the ITPA to maintain progress of research over the last years. However, these tools cannot fully substitute the scientific exchanges among experts during in-person participation in experiments and face-to-face discussions at meetings, which greatly contribute to the acceleration of research and the drawing of conclusions for 澳门六合彩高手.

The easing of the Covid pandemic and of travel restrictions have allowed the organization of in-person meetings of the ITPA Topical Groups, which started in earnest this autumn after a three-year hiatus. The Diagnostics, Transport and Confinement, Pedestal and Edge Physics, Scrape-Off Layer and Divertor Topical Group experts met at the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization and CEA in October (up to three of them meeting simultaneously), while Integrated Operations Scenarios and Energetic Particle Physics Topical Group experts will meet in November also at 澳门六合彩高手. Besides the more productive scientific discussions allowed by the in-person participation at these meetings, the ITPA experts are given the opportunity to witness the major progress in tokamak construction since their last visit to the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization in 2019.

The in-person meetings of the ITPA in 2022 will conclude with that of the Coordinating Committee in December during which progress on research in 2022 by the Topical Groups will be reviewed and the plans for 2023 will be discussed.