# Presentation: 065480

## International Collaborations 

**Dale Meade**
**Budget Planning Meeting**
**March 15, 2005**

**International Collaborations**** **

**http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov**

## Outline

- •  Objectives
- •  Elements
- •  Budgets
- •  Some Highlights/Plans
- •  Issues and Opportunities

## Goals of International Collaboration

- •   A strong domestic fusion program and an effective international collaboration program are both needed for the US magnetic fusion to be successful.
- •  The magnetic fusion International Collaboration program seeks to complement and leverage off the domestic program and to take advantage of unique international opportunities to carry out research in critical areas.
- Results and experience will build a framework for future international collaboration on ITER.

## International Collaboration and Contributions to ITER Physics are becoming more important.

- •   The International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) identifies key issues and facilitates coordination through topical groups
- •   The IEA-Tokamak agreements facilitates personnel/hardware exchanges and joint activities (68) in ITPA key areas. (50 joint experiments, 13 joint analysis, 4 under development, 1 closed)
- •   Bilateral exchanges and IAEA meetings provide additional programmatic exchanges and workshops.
- • A likely decision to proceed with ITER will focus international collaboration:
- 			– Strengthen research on key areas for ITER design and operations
- 			– Develop the ITER research paradigm
- 			– Build ITER research program through international topical groups

## International Collaboration is Carried Out Through Three Primary Program Areas

- •   The OFES Science budget includes a line for International Collaborations
- 	  (about $5 M in FY 05 and FY 06 ).
- •   Major facilities (DIII-D, C-MOD, and NSTX) support related collaborations through their program funds – ITPA, personnel exchanges, workshops...
- •   Diagnostics Program supports some collaborative activities on JET, AUG, and TEXTOR,  and several theory grantees participate in Collaborations.

## Current Emphasis for International Collaborations

- •   High Performance (toward BP):  JET, JT-60U	$2.29 M
- Long-pulse Tokamaks: Tore Supra, KSTAR, EAST	$1.98 M
- Stellarator Physics: LHD, CHS, W7-AS, TJ-II	$0.45 M
- Niche Opportunities: AUG, TEXTOR		$0.15  M
- 	Total	$4.86 M
- Also look at breakout vs ITPA Topical Working Groups or Priorities Panel.

## International Collaboration Budgets (by International  Facility)

| 
Facility (US Coordinator) | FY 2004
actual | FY 2005
Jan 05 Fin Plan | FY 2006
Pres 2/3/05 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JET (Nazikian) |             2,001  |            2,003  |             1,685  |
| JET Diag (Nazikian) |             1,172  |               950  |                430  |
| JT-60U (Nazikian) |                191  |               191  |                175  |
| Tore Supra (Mioduszewski) |                272  |               272  |                200  |
| AUG (Marmar) |                  84  |                 84  |                  75  |
| TEXTOR (Hillis) |                  84  |                 84  |                  75  |
| KSTAR (Wesley) |                488  |               509  |             1,600  |
| LHD (Lyon) |                250  |               250  |                175 |
| China (Chan) |                   -    |               200  |                175  |
| TJ-II (Lyon) |                260  |               320  |                270  |
|  |             4,802  |            4,863  |             4,860 |

## International Collaboration Budgets (by Domestic Institution)

|  | FY 2004
actual | FY 2005
Jan 05 Fin Plan | FY 2006
Pres 2/3/05 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ORNL (JET, TS, K*, TEXTOR, AUG) | 1,479 | 1,478 | 1,214 |
| PPPL (JET, K*, JT-60U, W-7AS) | 2,614 | 2,676 | 2,065 |
| MIT (JET, K*) | 173 | 173 | 186 |
| GA (KSTAR, EAST, JET) | 314 | 314 | 725 |
| LLNL(K*) | 22 | 22 | 20 |
| Universities (Colo. U, Columbia, UC-Davis, Wisc)  | 200 | 200 | 650 |
|  | 4,802 | 4,863 | 4,860 |

- Note: some adjustments to be made in KSTAR distribution.

## JET is a Unique Facility for International Collaboration on Burning Plasma Issues

- • The JET program is clearly focused on addressing ITER specific scientific and technical issues.
- • JET is the only facility that can operate near reactor relevant collisionality and rho* before the start up of ITER
- • JET is the only facility capable of operating in DT before the start up of ITER
- • The US should strongly participate in the JET program as an integral part of the US burning plasma program and in preparation for ITER.

**However, the FY06 budget guidance reduces the ability of  the US to exploit our investments in the JET collaboration.**

- $2,115 k

- Nazikian

## US High Power Prototype Antenna R&D for JET

- The HPP tests identified design improvements for the  JET ITER-like antenna.
- Changes are being made to the JET ITER-like antenna, and it will be installed in CY06.
- JET is very pleased with the US effort and has requested that the collaboration continue.

**High Power Prototype Antenna**
**(ORNL/PPPL)**

**CXRS Helium Ash Diagnostic for JET-EP**

**ORNL CXRS Upgrade & He Ash Diagnostic**
**for JET-DT Experiments**

**• ****ORNL has built and installed CXRS He Ash **
**  ****Spectroscopy System for JET DT and upgraded**
**  ****existing JET CXRS System**
**      ****- Provide increased sensitivity for **
**        ****detection of He produced in DT reaction**
**      ****- Increase number of radial spatial chords**
**        ****to 40 for investigating ITB changes in**
**        ****radial profile**
**      ****- improved time resolution**
**      ****- hardware installation completed - March 2005**
**      ****- ready for first plasma - Sept. 2005**
**• ****Address Helium transport and exhaust**
**  ****issues for future Burning Plasma Experiments**
**       ****- JET is the only near term DT experiment**
**• ****Improved profile measurements of T****i****, Vrot, and **
**  ****impurity densities**
**• ****Joint effort by ORNL & PPPL**

**Spectrometer Hardware installed**
** ****at JET**

- Incremental funding request for continued support of ORNL post doc

## JET Plans

- • JET will restart physics experiments in November 2005 with significant enhancements contributed by the US :
- 		- He CXR ( ash transport in DT) 		ORNL
- 		- Lost alpha detector  		PPPL
- 		- Thomson Scattering (for ITB studies)		GA
- 		- HPP ICRF Launcher 	ORNL, PPPL
- 		- Moderate n active MHD antennas (for TAE studies)       MIT
- • In addition, the EU is upgrading the JET divertor to high- and increasing neutral beam power. In CY06 a high power ITER-like FW antenna will also be installed on JET, with strong input from the US.** **
- • JET is preparing a major proposal for an ITER-like wall (Be PFCs, W divertor baffles  and W or C targets).  Would be installed in 2008 with experiments to start in 2009.  Presently in the discussion stage.

- $2,115 k

- Nazikian

## JT-60U and  AUG  Highlights

- • JT-60U activities for FY 2005 - 2006 include:
- 	•  continued data analysis of TAEs and ITB physics
- 	•  negative ion neutral beam development
- •  Asdex-UG activities focuses on divertor modeling
- 	• Application and development of b2-EIRENE to DIII-D, JET, and ITER, especially for ELMs
- 	• develop an extrapolable model for ELM effects on particle transport (e.g., helium in ITER).
- 	• assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of the existing divertor modeling codes
- 	• b2-EIRENE has been improved to include effects of  micron-scale dust particles on the divertor target.
-     Future Work: (FY2006-FY2007)
- 	• develop an integrated model for ELM behavior, both for impurity enrichment (including helium) and to develop successful ELM heat flux mitigation scenarios.
- Many additional collaborations (17), funded out of individual programs.

- $200 k

- $175 k

## Tore Supra Highlights

**Unique Features**
- 	•  long pulse (~ 360s) with high power density (< 5 MWm-2) on carbon with H20 cooled Cu
- 	•  will increase steady state LH power to 8 MW, and ECRH to 3 MW. 			•  "short pulse" ICRH capability (8 MW for 30s) will be maintained.

- $200 k

- Mioduszewski

**Tests to Validate Edge Modeling of Carbon Transport**
-    coupled codes CASTEM / BBQ / ITC  => the carbon originating from the actively cooled plasma-facing components (CASTEM, a 3D finite elements code developed by CEA), through the SOL (using the ORNL BBQ code, describing 3D multi-species Monte Carlo impurity transport) and into the core (with ITC, a new, efficient radial impurity transport).
**D retention in long discharges**
-   TS sees a fundamental difference between several days  operation  with “short” pulses, i.e., each < 15 s; and several days operation  with “long” pulses.
- •  Can  recover virtually all the D between shots and overnight with short pulse operation,
- •  But “permanent” retention  rate of ~ 50% for long discharge operation.
- •  Is  this due to diffusion into the bulk or co-deposition?

## KSTAR Highlights

**• ****KSTAR will be an all-superconducting tokamak (Nb****3****Sn TF and PF coils)**, with a major radius of 1.8 m, a plasma current of 2 MA and a toroidal field of 3.5 T. Initial operation by the end of 2007. “Steady-state” plasma operation sustained by non-inductive current drive for periods of up to 300 s is anticipated by 2015; pulse duration capability during the “basic” operation phase —scheduled for 2008–2013 — will be 20 s. KSTAR size, operation capabilities and mission objectives for this period will be comparable to those of the present DIII–D.
**• ****Construction is now is 82% complete**, 12 of 16 TF coils are finished and tokamak assembly has started:

## KSTAR Highlights

- Wesley

- A US-Korea Workshop held at GA in May 2004 identified **elements for an expanded US collaboration **with KSTAR, focused on progress towards **experiments commencing in CY2008**. The first-year FY06 embodiment of this expanded collaboration comprises $1.6 M of US-funded activities.

**FY06 International Collaboration to Prepare for KSTAR Operation (President's budget 2/3/05):**

| Institution  | Task(s) | FY06 ($K) | Total Institution ($K) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PPPL | AT scenario definition studies |   50 |  340* |
|  | Thomson scattering system design | 150 |  |
|  | LHCD launcher and component design | 150 |  |
|  | FusionGrid collaboratory |   50 |  |
|  | Interface engineering for other diagnostics | 140 |  |
| GA | Plasma control system development | 150 |  550* |
|  | EC launcher and component design | 150 |  |
|  | FusionGrid collaboratory | 150 |  |
| ORNL | Inside pellet launch guide tube design |   70 |  215* |
|  | CHERS diagnostic design | 110 |  |
| MIT | FusionGrid collaboratory |   50 |  25*   |
| Columbia U | RWM control concept validation | 110 |  125* |
| U Wisconsin | BES diagnostic system design |   50 |    50* |
| UC Davis | MRI/ECE diagnostic system design | 110 |  125* |
| Nova Photonics | MSE diagnostic system design | 110 | 150* |
| Total | Preparation for initial plasma operation | 1,600 | 1,600   |

- *Final FY06 funding among the participants is still under discussion

## Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) at ASIPP-Hefei, China - Highlights 

- $175 k

- V. Chan

- EAST has NbTi superconducting TF and PF coils. All TF coils are fabricated, the last is undergoing cold test now.  The last CS coils will be cold tested in early April.  Assembly (shown below) includes: 7 TF coils, 2 large PF coils and 1 divertor coil.

- _Schedule_
- July-Aug
- 	Cool down and energize coils
- Sep-Nov
- 	Weld vac vess, install a limiter
- Around end of 2005
- 	First Plasma

- _Parameters_
- B = 3.5 - 4 T, Ip = 1 - 1.5 MA
- R = 1.7 m, a = 0.4 m
-  = 1.2 - 2,  = 0.2 - 0.5 , DN, SN
- ICRH=3-6 MW,ECRH=0.5-1.5MW
- LHCD = 3.5 - 8 MW
- Pulse length 1000s active cooling

## The University of Texas Collaboration with the Institute of Plasma Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences

**US Participants:  P. E. Phillips, W. L. Rowan, Huang He, and K. W. Gentle**
**The goal of the collaboration is to develop diagnostics for and conduct experiments on EAST.  In both areas, preparatory work has already started on HT-7.**
**Accomplishments**
**Installation of a 16 channel ECE radiometer on HT-7 and identification of upgrades for EAST**
**Successful transfer and operation of a diagnostic neutral beam**
**Design of a CXRS system for HT-7 and identification of upgrades for EAST.  Assembly is in progress**
**Design and installation of beam diagnostics for monitoring the DNB performance**
**Participated in the installation of MDSPlus for improved remote access to data**

## DIII-D EAST Collaboration is a New Paradigm

| GA(DIII-D) => ASIPP(EAST) | ASIPP(EAST) => GA(DIII-D) |
| --- | --- |
| Train ASIPP staff on DIII-D controls | 3 ASIPP ops staff to DIII-D |
| DIII-D control system for EAST | 3 engineers to DIII-D divertor design |
| GA assists in EAST divertor design | Fabricate parts for DIII-D lower divertor |
| GA leads design of EAST cryopumps | Fabricate parts to refurbish 8 DIII-D NB sources |
| Provide two new ion sources | Provide main HV transformers |
| Assist ASIPP in RWM coil design | Possible fabrication of NBI pole shields |

**DIII-D EAST Collaboration is a New Paradigm**

## TEXTOR Program  FY2005-2006

**Dynamic Ergodic Divertor operation will be exploited during FY05-06**
- Explore resonant layers at plasma edge by varying field strength to produce large ergodic zones or large laminar zones
- Utilize the 16 DED coils to generate different modes
- 		• m/n = 3/1 (deeply penetrating) and m/n = 6/2 during FY05 and FY06
- Study influence of perturbation fields on the stabilization of external kink modes
- Effects of the DED on plasma-wall interaction, especially heat deposition, particle recycling, and impurity screening
**Electron Cyclotron Emission Imaging (ECEI) **
- measures density and temperature fluctuations
- 2D imaging system is now in routine operation
- 128 channels for Te fluctuations
- Provides movies of sawtooth precursor and crash
**TEXTOR will operate throughout CY2005**
- 3 weeks of ops followed by 1 week of maintenance
- 6 week summer break in July-August 2005

- D. Hillis, J. Hogan, P. Mioduszewski (ORNL),R. Moyer (UCSD), T. Evans (DIII-D)
- N. Luhmann, C. Domier (U.C. - Davis), E. Mazzucato, H.Park PPPL

- $75k

## LHD/CHS Stellarator Collaboration

- Status: <> = 4.3%, Ti(Ar) = 14 keV, Te = 10 keV   max values, NAS
- 1/2-hour pulse length with 3 cm/3 min axis sweeping, energy input ≈ 1.3 GJ
- US activities and budgets
- energetic neutral particle analysis, theory and code development (ORNL)
-     FY 2005 -- $253k;  FY 2006 -- $253k (includes ORNL Exp’l Pgm funds)
- role of magnetic stochasticity in limiting performance at high beta.(PPPL)
-     FY 2005 -- $250k;  FY 2006 -- $175k
- Purpose:
- studies of confinement improvement, high-beta equilibrium and stability, long-pulse operation and divertors is important for US compact stellarator program and comparison with tokamaks
- Issues:
- CHS experiment will shutdown in a year -- potential for people and hardware collaborations in US compact stellarator program

- Lyon

## TJ-II Stellarator Collaboration (Spain)

- Status: operating with ECH and NBI
- studying magnetic topology and confinement, equilibrium and stability, neoclassical and momentum transport
- US activities and budgets
- improving NBI, pellet injection, EBW heating, code development and theory (ORNL)
-     FY 2005 -- $225k;  FY 2006 -- $175k
- 2-D edge turbulence imaging (PPPL)
-     FY 2005 -- $75k;  FY 2006 -- $75k
- Purpose:
- understanding effect of magnetic topology (helical axis and low-aspect-ratio bean-shaped plasma) on equilibrium and confinement for benchmarking compact stellarator calculations
- Issues:
- raising injection energy from 30 kV to 40 kV for higher power
- growth in tasks vs. funding reduction

- $270 k

- Lyon

## W 7-AS (Germany) Stellarator Collaboration

- Status: experiment shutdown in 2002
- ongoing data analysis
- US activities
- Achieved FY04 milestone to “Explore the relation between MHD equilibrium and high beta performance in the W7-AS device”
- paper and oral presentation given at the Nov. 2004 IAEA meeting
- paper at EPS 2005

- $0 k

- Lyon

- Purpose:
- studies of confinement improvement, high-beta equilibrium and stability, effect of plasma current, and divertors important for US compact stellarator program
- Issues:
- wealth of W7-AS data, but no budget for additional data analysis

## International Collaboration has Expanded Substantially Through the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA)

- • **ITPA includes ITER Parties - CH, EU, JA, RF, KO, US**
- • About 100 U.S. scientists are involved in ITPA topical groups
- 	– Erol Oktay, Ned Sauthoff and Ron Stambaugh are the US members of the ITPA Coordinating Committee.
- 	– R. Stambaugh- Chair of ITPA Coordinating Committee,
- • **ITPA focus is on seven topical areas**
- 	–Identifies High Priority Research (HPR) topics in burning plasma physics, emphasizing tokamak plasmas;
- 	–Activities include experiments, data analysis, theory & modeling;
- 	–Broader than ITER physics issues (STs and stellarators participate)
- • **IEA tokamak agreements implement ITPA HPR topics** through Joint Experiments on tokamaks world-wide
- 	– **Substantial increase in collaborations** among: ASDEX-UG, DIII-D, C-MOD, JET, JT-60U, MAST, NSTX, TEXTOR, TORE-SUPRA

## The US is Well Represented in the  International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA)

| Topical Physics Groups | US Coordinator | International
Chair/Co-Chair |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coordinating Committee | Sauth/Oktay | Stambaugh(US) / Shimada(IT) |
| Transport physics | Doyle | Doyle(US) / Mukhovatov(IT) |
| Edge pedestal physics | Leonard | Kamada(JA) / Leonard(US) |
| MHD (includes Fast Particles) | Strait | Hender(EU) / Gribov(IT) |
| Confinem’t DB and Modeling | Houlberg | Houlberg(US) / Polevoi(IT) |
| Diagnostics | Johnson | Donne(EU) / Costley(IT) |
| Scrape-off Layer and Divertor | Lipschultz | Asakura(JA) / Lipschultz(US) |
| Steady State Ops | Luce | Sips(EU) / Ide(JA) |

- Note: IT members are from EU, JA and RF

- • Update of the Tokamak Physics Basis is a major activity - scheduled for July 2005
- • ITPA web page http://itpa.ipp.mpg.de/

## US Theory Contributions to Int’l Collaboration

- •   Many Important contributions are being made by the theory base program.
- •  The US is a leader in fast particle theory/simulation, diagnostics and experiments (several IAEA 2004 talks)
- 			• Alfven Cascades on JET, JT-60U - US interpretation
- 	  	• Grand Cascades => diagnostic for qmin in ITB creation
- 			• Non-linear fishbones
- 			• Induced transport - intermittent losses,  diffusive transport
- 			• Integrated simulations are being planned
**•**  Transport studies: electron dominated transport (eg., Tore Supra-Texas @ IAEA) and many more.
- •  The Fusion Simulation Project (FSP) will be a major contribution by the US to the international effort, and will be an important tool to prepare for US participation in ITER research.

## Opportunities in International Collaboration

- •   Exploit our previous investments in JET as an avenue to high performance, Burning Plasma Physics and ITER R&D.
- •  Fully engage in the ITPA - paradigm for the future
**•**  Coordinate with Needs of US ITER project
- •  Prepare for Emerging Opportunities
- 			•  KSTAR
- 			•  EAST
- 			•  JET ITER-Like Wall Proposal

## Concluding Comments

- • The US is making a significant impact on other international programs, and  “We are bringing home the data.”
- •  “Do it domestically if we can,  if we can’t, then do it internationally” has been our selection criteria, and has been effective in the past.
- •   In the future, some international activities will be needed to develop our infrastructure for international research, especially preparation for ITER.
- •   Considerable hardware investments have been made by the US in 2003-2005 to address ITER-relevant issues, but FY 2006 budget guidance will limit our ability to exploit these investments.
- •   Continue to work on improving coordination of international and domestic activities.