Welcome to theTITAN workshop on MFE/IFE common

research

M. S. Tillack

10-11 February 2009

Magnetic Fusion Activities in the Center for Energy Research

PISCES:(Plasma-material interactions)Steady-State plasma sourcesDensity ~ 2.5 x 1019 m-3 Temperature ~ 5-100 eVFully-qualified safety enclosure for Be testing

ARIES National Fusion Power Plant Studies Program

Edge Diagnostics and Turbulence on Major Confinement Experiments

DIII-D, NSTX, ITER

Inertial Fusion Activities in the Center for Energy Research

Laser Plasma and Laser-Matter Interactions:EUV lithography, laser plasma physics, IFE Technology

Inertial Fusion Energy:Gasdynamics, optics, armor, targets, chambers

PW laser

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HED Physics:X-pinch, high energy density plasmas, ultrashort laser-matter interactions

Feb. 10 8:30 AM coffee and socializing

Tuesday 9:00 AM Mark Tillack UC San Diego welcome, introductory remarks, logistics

9:15 AM Takeo Muroga NIFS goals of the workshop

Overview of IFE programs in the US and Japan:

chair: Tillack 10:00 AM Rene Raffray UC San Diego IFE chamber research in HAPL

10:30 AM Jeff Latkowski LLNL LIFE - Laser IFE fission-fusion energy

11:00 AM Takayoshi Norimatsu ILE-OsakaConcept of KOYO-F and formation of aerosols and micro particles

11:30 AM Grant Logan LBNL Heavy Ion VNL program (remote presentation)

12:00 PM break for lunch

Technical presentations on TITAN-related IFE/MFE research:

chair: Tanaka 2:00 PM Farhat Beg UC San Diego HED physics in the US fusion energy program

2:30 PM Kazuo A. Tanaka GSE/ILE-Osaka Ablated Plume Characteristics

3:00 PM Ahmed Hassanein Purdue Vapor Dome Simulation (tentative)3:30 PM Yoshihiko Hirooka NIFS NIFS-Osaka U. joint IFE programLEAF-CAP

(Laboratory Experiments on Aerosol Formation by Colliding Ablation Plumes)

4:00 PM Tim Renk SNLA Pulsed ion damage to plasma-facing materials

4:30 PM Phil Sharpe INL IFE/MFE common research at INL

5:00 PM discussions

5:30 PM adjourn (must vacate the room by 5:30)

Informal (no host) dinner

Agenda, Tuesday February 10

No-host dinner

Location:

215 15th StDel Mar, CA 92014    

Tel: (858) 481-1001

Full menu ($20-$30 entrees)

½-price wine night

Need a head count (16 max)

Agenda, Wednesday February 11

Wednesday 8:30 AM coffee and socializingchair: Sze 9:00 AM Yezheng Tao UC San Diego Laser ablation plume physics

9:30 AM Takehiko Yokomine Kyushu U.Falling Liquid Film Flow along Cascade-type First Wall of Laser-Fusion Reactor

10:00 AM Doerner/Tillack tours of PISCES, laser lab

12:00 PM lunch

chair: Muroga 2:00 PM Karl Umstadter UC San Diego TITAN research in the PISCES facility

2:30 PM Yoshio Ueda Osaka U. Hydrogen isotope behavior in tungsten3:00 PM Keiji Nagai ILE-Osaka Functional Materials

Discussions:

3:30 PM Takeo Muroga group discussions, workshop summary

5:00 PM adjourn (must vacate the room by 5:30)

Presentation logistics and proceedings

Please provide copies of your presentation to me by USB stick or email (mtillack@ucsd.edu)

Projection options: Use your own laptop

Provide PPT or PDF to me prior to your session start

I will archive presentations on the ARIES web site, http://aries.ucsd.edu/LIB/MEETINGS/

Wireless internet is available on campus Codes can be used all week (i.e., if you have a code

from yesterday, please use it)

Tours of PISCES and Laser Plasma Lab

Logistics:

Laser plasma tour at 10:00

PISCES tour at 11:00

Then free for lunch