U'S' Department of Energys Office of Science

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U.S. Department
of Energys
Office of Science
Fusion Energy Sciences Program
Fusion Power Associates Annual Meeting

• Dr. N. Anne Davies
• Associate Director
• for Fusion Energy Sciences
• October 12, 2005

www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov
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ITER has a siteCadarache, France
June 28, 2005 Ministerial Level Meeting Moscow,
Russia
ITER
Tore Supra
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ITER
Provisional List of U.S. in-kind Contributions

• 4 of 7 Central Solenoid Modules
• Steady-state power supplies
• 15 of port-based diagnostics packages
• 44 of ICRH antenna, and all transmission lines,
  RF-sources and power supplies
• Start-up gyrotrons, all transmission lines and
  power supplies
• 10 of Blanket/Shield
• Roughing pumps, standard components
• Tokamak exhaust processing system
• Cooling for divertor, vacuum vessel
• Pellet injector

scale

• 500 MW fusion output
• Plasma duration of 400-3000 seconds per pulse
• Power gain of 10
• Capability to upgrade to breed tritium

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ITER Progress in FY2005

• ITER site selection decision of Cadarache,
  France, was made by the six ITER parties on June
  28, 2005 in Moscow, Russia
• Negotiations are currently under way to complete
  the text of the international ITER Agreement by
  December 2005 and seek initialed acceptance of
  the Governments by March 2006
• Recent six-party meeting held in Cadrache four
  more scheduled between now and January 2006 to
  accomplish both tasks
• For U.S. Contributions to ITER project, CD-0 was
  approved by Deputy Secretary in July 2005 CD-1
  and CD-2 are scheduled for September 2006 and
  August 2007
• During the CR, ITER Preparations will continue
  after the CR, U.S. contributions to ITER project
  will begin
• The U.S. ITER Project Office, a partnership of
  PPPL and ORNL, is preparing for the formal
  project start with significant support of the
  fusion community
• An expression of interest solicitation resulted
  in over 250 proposals for US ITER Project Office
  roles such as Chief Scientist, Chief
  Technologist, Procurement Team Leaders, etc.

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U.S. Burning Plasma Organization

• Established June 2005 to coordinate and advocate
  technical work in burning plasma science,
  emphasizing support of participation in ITER
• Ray Fonck, University of Wisconsin, is the
  Director
• Is an integral part of domestic and international
  fusion activities
• BPO Steering Committee includes broad university
  and laboratory participation
• Workshop in December will seek community input on
  research plans, priorities, and community
  coordination of burning plasma science and
  technology activities, specifically activities
  for support of ITER

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The International Tokamak Physics
ActivityProvides Collaborations on Burning
Plasmas

• The six ITER Parties are members of ITPA
• Started in September 01 a continuation of ITER
  Physics Groups
• 250 international scientists in seven Topical
  Physics Groups, guided by a Coordinating
  Committee (chaired by Dr. Ron Stambaugh, DIII-D)
• Hold workshops, computer simulations, maintain
  databases
• Identify high priority burning Plasma issues for
  ITER and plan joint experiments, implemented
  through IEA
• Update Tokamak (ITER) Physics Basis, published
  in Nuclear Fusion in 1999 a scientific analysis
  of ITER design
• Further details on ITPA on the FESAC web-page
• http//www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/more_html/FESAC04-0
  5/Stambaugh.pdf

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Fusion Energy Sciences Budget
( in Millions)
FY 2006 Congressional
FY 2005 September Fin Plan
General Plasma Science 13.9
General Plasma Science 12.2
Other 13.5
Other 15.5
Tokamak 81.6
ITER 5.4
Tokamak 86.8
Theory SciDAC 29.8
ITER 55.5
Enabling RD 28.7
Theory SciDAC 28.9
NSTX 30.7
HEDP 14.6
NSTX 34.5
Enabling RD 16.8
NCSX 16.6
Other Alts 28.1
IFE/HEDP 8.1
Other Alts 25.0
Alternates 95.5
NCSX 18.3
Alternates 80.4
290.6 M
273.9 M
SBIR/STTR GPP/GPE ORNL Move Reserve
Environmental Monitoring
10/06/05
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FY 2006 Fusion Budget
House Mark

• Nation needs to maintain a strong domestic
  program for training next generation of
  researchers
• Reduce ITER by 29.9 M from request and increase
  total to 296.2 M (5.6 M)
• Restore domestic program to FY 2005 level (35.5
  million)
• the Committee directs the Department to fund
  the US share of ITER through additional resources
  rather than through reductions to domestic fusion
  research or to other Office of Sciences programs.
  If the Department does not follow this guidance
  in its fiscal year 2007 budget submission, the
  Committee is prepared to eliminate all US funding
  for the ITER project in the future.

Revised 07/21/05
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FY 2006 House Appropriations
Boehlert Amendment
"None of the funds made available by this Act
the FY 2006 Energy and Water Development
Appropriations bill may be used before March 1,
2006, to enter into an agreement obligating the
United States to contribute funds to ITER, the
international burning plasma fusion research
project in which the President announced United
States participation on January 30, 2003."
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FY 2006 Fusion Budget
Senate Mark

• Reduce ITER by 28 M due to lack of site. If a
  site is selected, the Committee will work with
  DOE to provide an allocation consistent with
  project needs.
• Provide full operations (DIII-D 14 weeks C-Mod
  NSTX 25 weeks each) and research at the three
  major facilities
• Provide 1.0 million in the High Energy Density
  Physics budget for research at the Atlas pulsed
  power facility (Nevada Test Site)
  www.nv.doe.gov/library/fact/sheets/DOENV_1018.pdf

Revised 07/21/05
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FY 2006 Senate Appropriations
Domenici Amendment
This amendment to the SEWD bill was accepted on
the floor of the Senate. Provided further, That
the Committee directs the Government
Accountability Office to undertake a study of the
Office of Science Fusion Energy program in order
to define the roles of the major domestic
facilities, DIIID, Alcator C-Mod, and NSTX in the
support of the ITER Program, including making
recommendations that may include the possible
shutdown or consolidation of operations or focus
of these facilities to maximize their value to
the ITER program Provided further, That given
the major international commitment to ITER and
the tokamak concept, the GAO shall consider any
other magnetic fusion confinement system as a
possible fusion demonstration facility that will
follow ITER and given the major NNSA investment
in the physics of Inertial Confinement Fusion,
the GAO shall evaluate the opportunities for the
Office of Science to develop the appropriate
science and technology to better leverage the
NNSA investment and develop Inertial Fusion
Energy as an alternative to the tokamak concept.
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Progress in Magnetic Fusion Researchand Next
Step to ITER
Operation with full power test
Fusion Power
1,000
Start of ITER Operations
100
JET (EU)
ITER (Multilateral)
Megawatts
10
Data from Tokamak Experiments Worldwide
TFTR (U.S.)
1,000
100
Kilowatts
10
1,000
100
Watts
10
1,000
100
Milliwatts
10
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