TOFE 2016 Schedule
Time | Session 1 – Frampton Room | Offsite |
8:00 – 12:00 | ||
1:00 – 4:00
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Philadelphia Phillies vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1:35 pm
Meet in Lobby at 12:30
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4:00 – 5:30 | Free Time | |
5:30 – 8:00 | Social Program: Student Networking Happy Hour (2nd Story Brewing Company) |
Time | Session 1 – Ballroom A/B | Session 2 – Ballroom C/D/E |
7:00 – 7:45 | Light Breakfast | |
7:45 – 8:45
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Current Status of Large Helical Device and its Prospect for Deuterium Experiment – Prof. M. Osakabe – 18945 (PLENARY) | |
Recent Fusion Activities of Korea toward DEMO – Dr. Keeman Kim – 18193 (PLENARY) | ||
Nuclear Analysis 1 Chair: Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim |
DEMO Chair: Dr. Susana Reyes |
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8:50 – 10:15
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Full Facility Shutdown Dose Rate Assessment Using the Multi-Step CADIS Method – Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim – 18357 (INVITED) | The challenges of Plasma Material Interactions in nuclear fusion devices and potential solutions – Dr. Juergen Rapp – 18815 (INVITED) |
Efficient Implementation of the Multi-Step CADIS Method for Accelerating Shutdown Dose Rate Calculations in Fusion Energy Systems – Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim – 18358 | Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Fusion Power Plant Installation Scenarios to Deregulated Electricity Market – Shutaro Takeda – 18159 | |
Radiation In-Port Cross-Talks for ITER Port Diagnostics – Dr. Arkady Serikov – 18166 | Historical Plant Availability and the Operation Goal for a Fusion DEMO – Mr. Lee C. Cadwallader– 18364 | |
Analysis of Radiation Transport Due to Activated Coolant in the ITER Neutral Beam Injection Cell – Dr. Katherine E. Royston – 18083 | Manufacture and high-heat flux measurements on a heat sink module for potential application in a DEMO – Mr. Jack Nicholas – 18164 | |
10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
10:30 – 12:00
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Special Session 2: Next Step Facilities, DEMO, and Power Plants Chair: Dr. Laila A. El-Guebaly |
Divertors/HHF Chair: Prof. Yasuhisa Oya |
Japanese activities for DEMO development and prospects – Dr. Kenji Tobita – 18772 (INVITED) | Overview of Thermal-Hydraulics of Helium-Cooled Solid Divertors – Dr. Minami Yoda – 18816 (INVITED) | |
Studies of Next-Step Spherical Tokamaks Using High-Temperature Superconductors – Dr. Jonathan Edward Menard – 18205 (INVITED) | An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Jet-to-Surface Distance on the Thermal-Hydraulics of the Helium-Cooled Modular Divertor with Multiple Jets – Mr. Shekaib Musa – 18074 | |
Overview of Fusion Engineering Research in NIFS – Prof. Akio Sagara – 18781 (INVITED) | Computational Investigation of the Thermal-Hydraulic Performance for Wendelstein 7-X High Heat Flux Components – Mrs. Emily Clark – 18153 | |
ST-Based Fusion Nuclear Science Facility: Breeding Issues and Challenges of Protecting HTS Magnets – Dr. Laila A. El-Guebaly – 17777 | Optimization of Multiple Jet Arrays for Helium-Cooled Finger-Type Divertors – Mr. Bailey Z. Zhao – 18075 | |
12:00 – 1:15 | Lunch – On your Own | |
1:15 – 3:00
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Nuclear Analysis 2 Chair: Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim |
Divertors – Plasma Facing Chair: Dr. Minami Yoda |
Overview of Nuclear Assessments for US Next-Step Facility – Dr. Laila A. El-Guebaly – 18471 (INVITED) | Effect of ELMS and Disruptions on FNSF Plasma-Facing Components – Prof. James P. Blanchard – 18805 (INVITED) | |
Overview of the United States Nuclear Analysis for ITER – Dr. Tim D. Bohm – 18736 (INVITED) | Impact of annealing on deuterium retention behavior in damaged W – Mr. Shodai Sakurada – 18393 | |
3-D Neutronics Assessment of Tritium Breeding Capacity and Shielding of Tokamak-Based Fusion Nuclear Science Facility – Moataz S. Harb – 18113 | The Influence of Microstructure on Deuterium Retention in Polycrystalline Tungsten – Dr. Lauren M. Garrison – 18380 | |
Analysis of Radiation Transport through the ITER Neutral Beam Injection System – Dr. Stephen Wilson – 18341 | He retention in W exposed in LHD during 2014 plasma experimental campaign – Prof. Yasuhisa Oya – 18345 | |
Nuclear Analysis in Support of USITER Upper Port 14 Integration and the Upper Port Wide Angle View Visible-IR Camera System – Mr. Russell Feder – 17065 | Ablation of Tungsten-Alternative Plasma-Facing Components due to Edge Localized Modes (ELMs) and Hard Disruptions – Mr. Jonathan D. Coburn – 18118 | |
3:00 – 3:15 | Coffee Break | |
3:00 – 5:00 |
Poster Session
Chairs: Deedee Ortiz
(Hamilton Room)
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4:30 – 9:00 |
Chair: Charlie Gentile
(Leave hotel at ~4:30)
Tour registration is additional to meeting registration ($25)
Dinner will be provided
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Time | Session 1 – Ballroom A/B | Session 2 – Ballroom C/D/E |
7:00 – 7:45 | Light Breakfast | |
7:45 – 8:45
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The Implementation Strategy for the Pre-conceptual and Conceptual Design of a European DEMO – Mr. Matti Coleman – 18377 (PLENARY) | |
The superconducting optimized Wendelstein 7-X: Commissioning and first Plasma Operation Experience – Mr. Paul van Eeten – 18926 (PLENARY) | ||
8:50 – 10:15
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Magnets Chair: Dr. Arnie Kellman |
Code/Analysis Chair: Mr. Russ Feder |
Status of ITER Central Solenoid Fabrication and the Unique Capabilities of the Fabrication Facility – Mr. John Patrick Smith – 18903 (INVITED) | Overview of State-of-the-Art Neutronics Code Development – Dr. Andrew Davis – 18785 (INVITED) | |
Quench propagation in a TF coil of the EU-DEMO – Prof. Roberto Zanino – 18141 | Development and Validation of System Analysis Program for Parameters Optimization and Economic Assessment of Fusion Reactor (SYSCODE) – Dr. Dehong Chen – 18114 | |
Stability analysis of the ITER Central Solenoid Insert (CSI) Coil – Prof. Laura Savoldi – 18143 | Advanced Transport and Activation Capabilities of Monte Carlo Program SuperMC for Fusion Application – Mr. Jing Song – 18115 | |
In-Plane and Out-of-Plane TF Coil Support for the US FNSF Reactor – Peter H. Titus – 18192 | Vacuum System and Modeling for the Materials Plasma Exposure Experiment – Dr. Arnold Lumsdaine – 18347 | |
Numerical simulation of the interaction between Z pinch plasma and foam converter using MULTI code – Fuyuan Wu – 18353 | ||
10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
10:30 – 12:00
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Safety – Global Fusion Chair: Mr. Lee C. Cadwallader |
Materials Testing Chair: Dr. Jean Paul Allain |
Safety in the Fusion Nuclear Science Facility – Dr. Paul W. Humrickhouse – 18394 (INVITED) | An Improved 14 MeV Neutron Materials Test Facility for Fusion Power Plants – Prof. Gerald L. Kulcinski – 18197 (INVITED) | |
Preliminary Exploration on the Transferability of China Nuclear Safety Codes System to Fusion Power Plants – Dr. Haixia Wang – 18108 | Progress in the development of a high power helicon plasma source for the Materials Plasma Exposure Experiment – Dr. Juergen Rapp – 18387 | |
Development of Public Risk Assessment and Intelligent Emergency Decision Support System Risk – Mr. Shanqi Chen – 17974 | Palladium Hydride Isotherms at Subzero Temperatures – Dr. Walter T. Shmayda – 18157 | |
Radioactive Waste Studies in the Frame of the IEA Cooperative Program on the Environmental, Safety and Economic Aspects of Fusion Power – Mr. Marco Riva – 18355 | ||
12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch – On your Own | |
1:00 – 1:30 | Creating, Controlling, and Diagnosing High Energy Density Matter with the National Ignition Facility – Dr. Mark Herrmann – 18923 (PLENARY) | |
1:35 -3:15
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In Vessel Chair: Dr. Leigh Winfrey |
Liquid metals – T2 Chair: Dr Takeo Muroga |
Simulation of Radiation Heat Transfer Effects in a 2D Model of an Electrothermal Plasma Source for Fusion Pellet Injection – Ms. Sonata Valaitis – 18395 | Ultrasonic Doppler Velocimetry Experiment of Lead-Lithium Flow with Oroshhi-2 Loop – Yoshitaka Ueki – 17545 | |
Boronization System for the NSTX-Upgrade Fusion Device – Dr. Dang Cai – 17900 | Characterization of Tritium Isotopic Permeation through ARAA in Diffusion Limited and Surface Limited Regimes – Dr. Hongjie Zhang – 18109 | |
Evaluation of the re-deposited tungsten influence on the metal wall materials employing MAPES on the EAST tokamak – Dr. Haishan Zhou – 18362 | Experiment and Analysis of Tritium Recovery from Li-Pb Flow – Prof. Satoshi Fukada – 18144 | |
Thermal Design Investigation for a Flinabe Blanket System – Hiroki Shishido – 18056 | ||
Tritium Retention and Permeation Analysis of Water-Cooled Ceramic Breeder Blanket for CFETR – Dr. Kai Huang – 18585 | ||
3:15 – 3:30 | Coffee Break | |
3:30 – 5:00
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Laser – Materials Chair: Dr. Arnold Lumsdaine |
Materials Development Chair: Dr. Lauren M. Garrison |
Characterization of CLAM Steel Components Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing Using Selective Electron Beam Melting – Mr. Yutao Zhai – 17981 | Challenges to a foundational understanding of the plasma-material interface in plasma-burning nuclear fusion reactors – Dr. Jean Paul Allain – 18790 (INVITED) | |
Laser Beam Melting as manufacturing process for the realization of complex nuclear fusion and high heat flux components – Mr. Heiko Neuberger – 18155 | The Influence of Irradiation Dose on the Magnetic Properties of Potential Austenitic Stainless Steels for use as Structural Materials in Fusion Reactors – Thomas Davis – 18078 | |
Gas Gun Model and Comparison to Experimental Performance of Pipe Guns Operating with Light Propellant Gases and Large Cryogenic Pellets – Mr. Stephen K. Combs – 18065 | Thermal Convection Loop Testing of an FeCrAlMo Alloy at 550° and 600°C – Dr. Bruce A. Pint – 18106 | |
Fabrication Issues of Sandwich-Like Flow Channel Inserts for Circular Pipes – Christina Koehly – 18154 | Progress in the development of a double stub tuner for alcator c-mod lower hybrid current drive systems – Dr. Peter Koert – 18739 | |
5:00 – 7:00 | Free Time | |
7:00 – 9:00
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Banquet & Awards – Dr. Arnold Lumsdaine and Dr. Susana Reyes
(Ballrooms A/B/C/D/E) |
Time | Session 1 – Ballroom A/B | Session 2 – Ballroom C/D/E |
7:00 – 7:45 | Light Breakfast | |
7:45 – 8:45
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Engineering Progress in EAST Tokamak – Mr. Damao Yao – 18948 (PLENARY) | |
Progress of JT-60SA Construction and Research Planning – Dr. Yutaka Kamada – 18902 (PLENARY) | ||
8:50 – 10:00
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Devices – Development Chair: Mr. Russ Feder |
Fusion Technology Chair: Mr. Charlie Gentile |
A low cost high performance test facility for evaluating advanced high heat flux concepts – Mr. David Hancock – 18370 | Status of the US Virtual Laboratory for Technology – Phil Ferguson -19033 (INVITED) | |
Development of high-power gas discharge and electronic vacuum devices for pulsed electrophysic. Current status and prospects – Dr. Victor D. Bochkov – 18213 | Japanese Fusion Materials Development Path to DEMO – Prof. Takeo Muroga -18955 (INVITED) | |
First operation and results from the Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications (HIDRA) – Dr. Daniel Edward Andruczyk – 18156 | Assessment pf Pumping Requirements for DEMO – J. Igitkhanov -18087 | |
Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating Transmitter Opening Switch Upgrade – Dr. Marcel Gaudreau – 18349 | ||
10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee Break | |
10:15 – 11:15
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Safety – Accident Analysis Chair: Mr.Keith Rule |
Materials – Metals Chair: Mr. Greg Staack |
Experimental Study on DFLL-TBM Coolant Safety in FDS – Mr. Wangli Huang – 18116 | Progress in the US/Japan PHENIX Project for the Technological Assessment of Plasma Facing Components for DEMO Reactors – Dr. Yutai Katoh – 18826 (INVITED) | |
Study on the Thermally-Induced Stress and Relaxation of Ceramic Breeder Pebble Beds – Mr. Mahmouid Lotfy – 18099 | Characterization of He-induced Bubble Formation in Tungsten due to Exposure from an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma Source – Prof. David C. Donovan – 18090 | |
R&D Activities and Latest Progress of Dual Functional Lead Lithium Test Blanket Module – Prof. Jie Yu – 18150 | ||
11:15 – 12:00 | Lunch – On your Own | |
12:00 – 12:30
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Toward Improved Stellarators: Future Directions for U.S. Research – Dr. Hutch Neilson – 18666 (PLENARY) | |
12:30 – 1:25
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In Vessel Components Chair: Mr. Yuhu Zhai |
Alternate Fusion Concepts Chair: Dr. Walter T. Shmayda |
Status of liquid metal plasma-facing component technologies for fusion energy applications – Dr. Michael A. Jaworski – 18789 (INVITED) | Incoherent Laser Drivers for ICF: Beam Smoothing and Two-Plasmon Decay Mitigation in StarDriver-Class Drivers – David Eimerl- 18348 | |
Simulated Volumetric Neutron Integral Experiment of Breeding Blanket Modules – Prof. Satoshi Konishi – 18203 (INVITED) | Scenario Construction of MA Transmutation in Japan Using Fusion Reactor – Mr. Yuki Furudate – 18138 | |
Compact, Orientation-Independent Lithium Coating System for Fusion Plasma Experiments – Mr. Alex Mossman- 18433 | Neutron Irradiation Experiment on Breeding Blanket in Japan and Future Plan – Dr. Kentaro Ochiai – 18201 | |
1:30 – 2:00 | Pathways for Fusion Energy: Impact of Materials Options – Dr. Steve Zinkle – 18605 (PLENARY) | |
2:00 – 2:05 | Closing Remarks and Raffle – Dr. Arnie Kellman | |
7:00 – 9:00 | Social Program: Spruce Street Harbor Park Cost: Pay as you go Location: 401 South Columbus, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (2 blocks from hotel) |
Time | Offsite |
9:00 to 12:00
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12:00 – 1:00 | |
1:00 – 4:00
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Meeting Check-in & Registration: Will occur on Sunday 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday all day. The meeting check-in table will be located across from the ballrooms in the foyer.
Presentation length:
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Keynote – 45 minutes
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Plenary talks – 30 minutes
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Invited talks – 20 minutes
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Contributed talks – 15 minutes
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Opening and closing remarks – 15 minutes