FNS-TBM Meeting
19–20 September 2007
Rice Room, UCLA
Agenda

(Agenda Word document available here)

Wednesday, September 19

Welcome and Meeting Goals – Session Chair: Sze
8:30 am 30 min Continental Breakfast
9:00 am 15 min Introduction and Plans for FNS/TBM Abdou
9:15 am 20 min DOE Briefing and Guidance (remote) Nardella
9:35 am 10 min VLT Report and STAC Briefing (remote) Milora
9:45 am 15 min Questions and Discussion All
Progress on experiments, modeling, and simulations for FNS/TBM – Session Chair: Sawan
10:00 am 30 min Introduction, Strategy, and Progress for FNS/TBM R&D Ying/Morley/Wong
10:30 am 15 min Break
10:45 am 30 min DCLL PbLi MHD/heat transfer simulations, analysis, and impact on DCLL design Smolentsev
11:15 am 20 min LM MHD flow distribution modeling results Morley
11:35 am 20 min LM MHD flow distribution experiment; status and initial results Messadek
11:55 am 5 min Discussion on MHD/Thermofluid All
12:00 pm 60 min LUNCH – boxed lunches

Progress on experiments, modeling, and simulations for FNS/TBM (Continued) – Session Chair: Morley
1:00 pm 30 min SiC foam development and mechanical analysis for FCI applications Ultramet/Sharafat
1:30 pm 10 min Update on SiC composite development for FCI applications (remote) Katoh
1:40 pm 20 min Diagnostics Lavientes
2:00 pm 20 min Advances in neutronics tools with accurate simulation of complex fusion systems Sawan
2:20 pm 20 min Attila neutronics simulations and validation, 3-D ITER machine and ports modeling with preliminary results Youssef
2:40 am 10 min Break
2:50 pm 25 min Status of integrated modeling capabilities and development Narula
3:15 pm 15 min Tritium permeation experiments from Helium purge Ying/Zhang
3:30 pm 15 min Solid Breeder thermomechanics experiments Zaccari (Pisa Univ.)/Ying
3:45 pm 5 min Discussion on Integrated Modeling and SB experiments All

Summaries of progress in related areas – Session Chair: Ying
3:50 pm 20 min TITAN and IEA liquid breeder collaboration topics and technical status Sze
4:10 pm 20 min Tritium science experimental plans for TITAN collaboration (remote) Sharpe
4:30 pm 20 min ITER tritium systems, projections on tritium supply, and simulation tools (remote) Willms
4:50 pm 30 min Tokamak first wall material and the BW-mesh concept Wong
5:20 pm 10 min Discussion on Tritium and FW material All
6:30 pm Dinner – Faculty Center

Thursday, September 20

Summaries of progress in related areas (Continued) – Session Chair: Wong
8:30 am 30 min Continental Breakfast
9:00 am 30 min Materials program research and implications for FNS/TBM Kurtz/Rowcliffe
9:30 am 20 min ITER FW/Shielding blanket design and review status Ulrickson
9:50 am 20 min Diagnostics Lavientes/Meier

TBM Design and Analysis Status – Session Chair: Smolentsev
10:10 am 30 min DCLL TBM Module design, analysis, and developments Wong
10:40 am 10 min Break
10:50 am 30 min HCCB TBM Module design, analysis, and developments Ying
11:20 am 20 min ITER TBM FMEA and ITER Safety Report Merrill
11:40 am 20 min Status of analysis of VDE/Disruption effects on TBM Aoyama/Sharafat
12:00 pm 60 min LUNCH – boxed lunches
1:00 pm 30 min Near-term action items needed by ITER-IO Wong
– Background
– Action items 
1:30 pm 30 min Discussion on TBM status and near-term action items All

US TBM Options and Future Planning – Session Chair: Abdou
2:00 pm 15 min Options, Goals, and Organization of US TBM Abdou
2:15 pm 20 min Comments on US TBM effort Malang
2:35 pm ~2 hrs Team comments and discussion on US Program
– Goals/Scope
– Submodules
– International Partners
– Science Issues
– Organization All
4:30 pm 30 min Summary and Action Items Abdou