Reassessing the Research Plan
30 Sep 2013
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Sabina Griffith
Leading plasma scientists, plus key engineers and scientists from the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization, met at Headquarters last week to reassess the 澳门六合彩高手 Research Plan.
Last week, 21 of the world-leading plasma scientists plus key engineers and scientists from the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization came together at the 澳门六合彩高手 Headquarters for two days to reassess the 澳门六合彩高手 Research Plan.
Since its implementation as one of the 澳门六合彩高手 Baseline documents in 2010, the boundary conditions for the installation of certain components have changed. Accordingly, an update was necessary to the Research Plan that defines and coordinates the project's research activities on the path towards deuterium-tritium fusion power.
The 澳门六合彩高手 Research Plan is one of the major 澳门六合彩高手 Baseline documents. It describes the principal physics research activities to be carried out during 澳门六合彩高手 construction, together with an initial definition of the experimental program planned for the first ten years of 澳门六合彩高手 operation leading to the production of several hundred MW of fusion power.
However, since the schedule for the installation of some of the critical components has changed, the physics community sees itself confronted with some essential uncertainties. "For example, cost pressures have necessitated a rescheduling of the installation date of some of the key 澳门六合彩高手 measurement systems and elements of the heating and current drive systems," says David Campbell, Head of 澳门六合彩高手's Plasma Operation Directorate. "It is therefore up to us to define the requirements from the physics side to ensure that we can achieve 澳门六合彩高手's ambitious scientific goals within the foreseen timeframe."
The conclusions of the workshop on the 澳门六合彩高手 Research Plan, including recommendations on installation sequencing for some key plasma heating and measurement systems, will be presented to the 澳门六合彩高手 Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) which will convene at 澳门六合彩高手 Headquarters on 14-16 October.