Lightning Talks: Fusion Research Facilities

Bringing UNITY-2 to Life

3:15–3:25PM MDT

Jonas C. Schwenzer (Fusion Fuel Cycles Inc.)

An Integrated Modelling and Simulation Platform for the LIBRTI Facility

3:25–3:35PM MDT

Helen M. Brooks (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority), Stephen Dixon (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority), Hugh Dorward (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority), William Ellis (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority), Sharp Lo, Siddharth Mungale (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority), Andrew Hagues (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority), Ed Shelton (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority), Andrew Davis, David Foster

A “Radiation-as-a-Service" Platform for Validating Ceramic Breeder Materials Under Fusion Relevant Neutron Fields

3:35–3:45PM MDT

Thomas Davis (Oxford Sigma)

STEP Power & Cooling Technology Development and Key Supply Chain

3:45–3:55PM MDT

Jack Acres (United Kingdom Industrial Fusion Solution), Dhinesh Thanganadar (UKIFS), Ioannis Antoniou (UKAEA), Jerrick Athappilly (UKAEA), David Aliaga (UKAEA)

Compact ion optical system with internal cooling for 1 MW long-pulse NBI

3:55–4:05PM MDT

Aleksandr Listopad (EPFL - SPC), Alexander Karpushov (EPFL - SPC), Bassem Sudki (EPFL - SPC), Matthieu Toussaint (EPFL - SPC)

Towards Fusion Technology Development at DIII-D under public-private partnership

4:05–4:15PM MDT

Suk-Ho Hong (DIII-D National Fusion Facility at GA), Andrew Dvorak, Tyler Abrams (General Atomics), Jonathan Coburn, Florian Effenberg (Princeton University, PPPL), David Pace, Richard Buttery R. Richard Buttery

An overview of the STEP Toroidal Field Model Coil Program

4:15–4:25PM MDT

Aurobindo Siddarth Swaminathan (UKIFS), Julian Holt (UKAEA), Daniel Finch (UKAEA), Paul Richardson (UKAEA), Andrew Gillespie (UKAEA), Ezzat Nasr (UKIFS), Stuart Wimbush (UKIFS), Duncan Phillippo (UKAEA), Charlotte Hague (UKAEA), Jason Logan (UKAEA), Jiabin Yang (UKAEA), Sam Tippets (UKAEA), Paul Noonan (UKIFS), Yannik Dieudonne (UKAEA), Fabio Forino (UKIFS ), Harry Smith (harry.smith@ukaea.uk)

Current Technical Status and Commissioning Timeline of the MPEX Project

4:25–4:35PM MDT

Muhammad A. Hussain (ORNL)

Liquid Metal Coated Electrode Performance at Increased Average Power in the Century Repetitive Z-Pinch Device

4:35–4:45PM MDT

Christopher A. Dion (Zap Energy), Clyde Joshua J. Beers (Zap Energy), Tyler Rhodes, Matthew Thompson (Zap Energy), Chen Ying (Zap Energy)

Tritium Breeding on kg-scale of FLiBe Using 14 MeV Neutrons at MIT: Initial Results

4:45–4:55PM MDT

Nikola Goles (MIT PSFC), Rémi Delaporte-Mathurin (MIT PSFC), Alexander Acosta (MIT PSFC), Collin Dunn (MIT PSFC), Sara E. Ferry (MIT PSFC), Rick Leccacorvi (MIT PSFC), Ross MacDonald (UKAEA), Davide Pettinari (Politecnico di Torino), Stefano Segantin (MIT PSFC), Rui Vieira (MIT PSFC), Lihua Zhou (MIT PSFC), Weiyue Zhou (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Kevin B. Woller (MIT PSFC)