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Five companies, five bases: The Army’s Janus Program takes shape
Between the Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses and Nuclear Energy Launch Pad programs, August has already been a busy month for federal partnerships with the nuclear industry.
That trend continues: On Wednesday, the Department of the Army announced that it has selected five nuclear reactor developers—Antares Nuclear, BWXT Advanced Technologies, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, and Westinghouse Government Services—each paired with a different military installation, for its Janus Program.
This week, the nuclear community descended on Dallas, Texas, for the second annual Nuclear Energy Conference and Expo, the premier industry-focused nuclear conference cohosted by the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Among the plenary panelists was Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy, and environment. Waksman has been closely involved in the development of the Janus Program, and the morning before the program’s new selections were unveiled, he provided insights on its ultimate goals at NECX 2026.
26th Technology of Fusion Energy Meeting (TOFE 2024)
Education
Ph.D., Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (Mar. 2011)
M.S., Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (Mar. 2008)
College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan (Apr. 2003- Mar. 2005)
Accelerated promotion for the Master course in Nagoya University (Apr. 2006)
Current study
Study of energetic particle confinement in magnetic confinement fusion devices using comprehensive energetic ion and neutron diagnostics
Research on the interaction between energetic particles and magnetohydrodynamic waves in fusion plasma
Neutron diagnostics development based on leading-edge technologies toward fusion burning plasma study
Research on aneutronic fusion plasma
Recent major publications
1. R. M. Magee, K. Ogawa, T. Tajima, I. Allfrey,H. Gota, P. McCarroll,S. Ohdachi, M. Isobe, S. Kamio, V. Klumper, H. Nuga, M. Shoji, S. Ziaei, M. W. Binderbauer, and M. Osakabe, “First measurements of p11B fusion in a magnetically confined plasma”, Nature Communications 14 (2023) 955.
2. K. Ogawa, M. Isobe, S. Kamio, H. Nuga, R. Seki, S. Sangaroon, H. Yamaguchi, Y. Fujiwara, E. Takada, S. Murakami, J. Jo, Y. Takemura, H. Sakai, K. Tanaka, T. Tokuzawa, R. Yasuhara, and M. Osakabe, “Studies of energetic particle transport induced by multiple Alfvén eigenmodes using neutron and escaping energetic particle diagnostics in Large Helical Device deuterium plasmas” Nuclear Fusion 62 (2022) 112001.
3. K. Ogawa, M. Isobe, H. Nuga, S. Kamio, Y. Fujiwara, M. I. Kobayashi, S. Sangaroon, E. Takada, R. Seki, H. Yamaguchi, J. Jo, and M. Osakabe, “A study of beam ion and deuterium-deuterium fusion born triton transports due to energetic particle driven magnetohydrodynamic instability in the Large Helical Device deuterium plasmas”, Nuclear Fusion 61 (2021) 096035.
4. K. Ogawa, M. Isobe, S. Sugiyama, H. Matsuura, D. A. Spong, H. Nuga, R. Seki, S. Kamio, Y. Fujiwara, H. Yamaguchi, M. Osakabe, and LHD Experiment Group, “Energetic particle transport and loss induced by helically-trapped energetic-ion-driven resistive interchange modes in the Large Helical Device”, Nuclear Fusion 60 (2020) 112011.
5. K. Ogawa, M. Isobe, T. Nishitani, S. Murakami, R. Seki, H. Nuga, S. Kamio, Y. Fujiwara, H. Yamaguchi, Y. Saito, S. Maeta, M. Osakabe, and LHD Experiment Group, “Energetic ion confinement studies using comprehensive neutron diagnostics in the Large Helical Device”, Nuclear Fusion 59 (2019) 076017. Highlighted by Nature Physics 15 (2019) 622.
Major awards
1. The 18th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (March 2024)
2. AAPPS-DPP Young Research Award 2022 (October 2022) by Division of Plasma Physics Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies
3. 2021 Masaji Yoshikawa Memorial Prize for Fusion Energy Award (March 2022) by Fusion Energy Forum of Japan
4. The JSPF Award for Excellence in Research Publication (November 2021) by the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research
5. The JSPF Award for Excellent Technology in Industries (November 2021) by the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research
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