Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Report of the Fusion Technology Committee Chair M. S. Tillack, UCSD 25 July 2009

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society

Report of the Fusion Technology Committee

Chair

M. S. Tillack, UCSD25 July 2009

http://aries.ucsd.edu/PUBLIC/NPSS-FT

– Presented by Albe Larsen –


Apologies from the chair

Lucas Tillack


FTC Membership

• New members have been appointed to the committee

– Brad Nelson, ORNL (replaces Stan Milora)

– Dennis Youchison, SNLA (replaces Mike Ulrickson)

• International members have been added

– First time (to my knowledge) in the 46-yr history of SOFE

– Asia: Satoshi Konishi, Kyoto University

– EU: Hans-Stephan Bosch, Max-Planck-Institut, Griefswald


Fusion Technology Awards

• 2008-09 Fusion Technology Award

– $3000, plaque, travel expenses, plenary talk at SOFE in 2011

– Winner: A. René Raffray (UCSD), “for his internationally recognized expertise in fusion engineering and his outstanding contributions to fusion technology, especially in the area of high heat flux components for both magnetic and inertial fusion energy.”

• 2009 Best Student Paper Award

– $500 and a plaque

– Mai Ichinose (Kyoto University), “Preliminary Design of High Temperature Lithium-Lead Blanket with SiC Cooling Panel ”


Joint 23rd SOFE and 36th ICOPS

1. SOFE-specific topics– SOFE technical program, SOFE mini-course– SOFE proceedings and TPS special issue– Planning for future SOFE’s

2. Common topics– Registration, Budget– Social Program– IEEE software and hardware

3. ICOPS topics to be presented by John Luginsland

http://cer.ucsd.edu/icopssofe09


272 SOFE abstracts from 20 countries

Country AbstractsCanada 1China 8Czech Rep. 1Finland 1France 22Germany 20Hungary 2India 5Italy 17Japan 16Mexico 1Romania 3Russian Federation 7South Korea 16Spain 10Sweden 1Switzerland 4UK 9USA 128Total 272

– 318 abstracts submitted originally– Swine flu was blamed for most of the

attrition– More than 50% international abstracts– 18 student abstracts


After some late changes the technical program unfolded smoothly

• 12 oral sessions planned by 24 session organizers (70 speakers)

• 12 poster session topics in 3 afternoon sessions

• 4 plenary sessions (2 speakers each)

• 3 joint plenary talks combined with ICOPS

• Last-minute scrambling to rearrange oral program after many invited speakers cancelled “due to swine flu”

• Required printing an entirely new program 5 days before the start

• For some reason, ICOPS was not hit so hard

• Anecdotal evidence of cross fertilization between ICOPS & SOFE


SOFE Mini-Course on the Basics of Fusion Engineering and Design

Introduction and Overview D. Steiner Professor Emeritus, RPI

Basics of Plasma and Fusion D. Steiner

ITER Overview D. Rassmussen US ITER Project Office

Fusion Power Plants F. Najmabadi Director, UCSD Center for Energy Research

In-Vessel Components N. Morley Associate Director, UCLA Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research

Fusion Safety and Tritium Management

L. Cadwallader Fusion Safety Program, Idaho National Lab

• One-day short course following SOFE

• Attended by 11 students, mostly professionals

• Surprised that no ITER vendors (the target audience) attended

• Repeat performance under consideration in 2011


SOFE Proceedings

• 171 manuscripts accepted

• 7 rejected due to non-attendance

• 2 weeks grace period to accommodate late submissions and copyright forms

• ITER disallowed their authors to sign standard IEEE form, IEEE agreed to accept a Crown-like agreement

• Used Omnipress for production of CD’s

• Schedule:

• July 8 – data sent to Omnipress

• July 20 – CD in production


A special issue of TPS is in preparation

• First time ever for SOFE, both proceedings and peer review

• All authors were invited (after submitting to proceedings)

• Guest Editor: David Ruzic (U. Illinois)

• Scheduleo June 29, 2009 journal submission deadlineo Sept. 1, 2009 peer reviews dueo Dec. 1, 2009 revised manuscripts dueo Feb. 2010 journal publication

• Some confusion due to newness, differences between ICOPS and SOFE

• ~60 papers submitted


24th SOFE (w/ 38th ICOPS)

• 25-30 June 2011, Jointly organized with ICOPS

• General Chair: Charles Neumeyer (PPPL)Program Chair: Brad Nelson (ORNL) Other positions currently being filled

• Budget and planning schedule under development

• Proposal received from IEEE Conference Management Services; a visit to IEEE by the chairs is planned

Hyatt RegencyMcCormick Place Hotel Chicago, Illinois


25th SOFE

• Still seeking a chair for a standalone SOFE: Fall 2013 time-frame

• An alternative to collocate with PPPS (San Francisco) is being pursued


ICOPS/SOFE 2009 Common Topics

• The joint conference was a great success!

– Many positive comments from attendees

– Over 15% budget surplus

– 121 new IEEE members recruited (80 US, 39 foreign, 2 NPSS-only)

– 14-booth exhibition

– Full social program

– 20 student travel grants, plus 3 Phelps grants

– Use of Bo Yu software and NPSS Network Shop


Registration statistics

• 436 ICOPS, 249 SOFE, 685 total

• 266 members and students members, 90 students total. 121 new members were signed up on site.

• Participants from 31 countries

• Mix of participants undoubtedly affected by A(H1N1)


Participants enjoyed a full social program

Sunday evening (May 31)• Welcome Reception

Monday (June 1)• AM companion’s reception (with a speaker from the San Diego Tourism Bureau)

• PM reception for IEEE members and women in science & engineering,with flamenco performance

Tuesday evening (June 2)• Padres vs. Phillies baseball game

Wednesday evening (June 3)• Cocktail hour, ICOPS/SOFE 2009 Awards Banquet, followed by musical entertainment by the Mar Dels


The exhibition was very successful

• 14 paid exhibitors: TechX Corporation, Russtech Language Services, Inc., Axsys Technologies and Brush Wellman, Hiden Analytical, Ktech Corporation, Arland Tool & Manufacturing, Inc., Major Tool & Machine Inc., Physics of Plasmas (AIP), General Atomics, Everson Tesla Incorporated, ITER-NL, Stangenes Industries, Inc., U.S. ITER, International Plasma Research Center (IPRC), South Korea


Fundraising from 9 sponsors


NPSS conference management software

• Used for abstract & manuscript submission, registration

– Required significant interactions with Bo Yu to manage

– Several new features were added on request

– Excellent functionality. Lack of user guide caused some confusion.

• Comments from Bo Yu:

– The software is not “one-size fits all”; different software needed for different conferences.

– Plan to limit support to ICOPS, SOFE, PPC, RTC, NSS/MIC

– Conference organizers need to provide administrative support; Bo will provide only maintenance “in the background”


Lessons learned• Large staff of competent volunteers helped immensely

• Sharing of expertise was very valuable– Help from prior and future registration chairs– Network shop personnel, Yu software support– Support from IEEE conference services (Lisa Boyd)

highly recommended

• Early planning prevented last-minute chaos

• Aggressive fund raising provided a buffer to the budget

• Hotel contract negotiations would have been smoother if we had professional help from the start

• Combining of ICOPS and SOFE worked very well, but requires tight cooperation and teamwork

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Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Report of the Fusion Technology Committee Chair M. S. Tillack, UCSD 25 July 2009