Neutron diagnostics for fusion power plants
Project description
ITERs main goal is to demonstrate the feasibility of key technologies for the development of future power plants based on fusion energy. ITER is under construction in Cadarache (France) and it is expected to start operation in 2026. In parallel to ITER, the conceptual design of a Demonstration Fusion Power Plant (DEMO) is underway. DEMO is intended to be the single step between ITER and a commercial reactor: it is expected to deliver electricity to the grid in 2050. The measurement of the 2.5 and 14 MeV neutron yield and energy spectrum is required for the determination of the fusion power produced, for the optimal operation of such devices and, ultimately, for the steady state production of electricity.
Design, construction, installation, commissioning and operation of neutron flux monitors and spectrometers in present day fusion devices such as JET and MAST and development of neutron diagnostics for ITER, DEMO and DTT.
Year
Team
Team Uppsala University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Applied Nuclear Physics:
- Göran Ericsson, Team leader, Professor, specialist in neutron diagnostics for fusion plasmas
- Marco Cecconello, Professor, specialist in neutron diagnostics for fusion plasmas
- Sean Conroy, Researcher, specialist in Monte Carloneutron transport simulations
- Anders Hjalmarsson, Researcher, specialist in neutron diagnostics for fusion plasmas
- Eric Anderson-Sunden, Researcher, specialist in neutron diagnostics for fusion plasmas
- Jacob Eriksson, Researcher, specialist in fusion neutron physics modelling
Core deliverables
- TOFOR and MPRu2.5 and 14 MeV neutron spectrometers for JET
- Collimated 2.5 MeV neutronflux monitor for MAST
- Design of a High Resolution Neutron Spectrometer and of Radial Neutron Camera for ITER for 14 MeV neutrons
- Conceptual design of neutronflux monitor for DEMO and DTT 14 MeV and 2.5 MeV
- Fast data acquisition (0.2 – 2 GSs) and analysis software
- Suites of interpretative software tools for physics modelling and prediction
Industry involvement
- Teledyne SPDevices
- Gammadata
- CAEN
- Strängbetong
- Spectrum Instrumentation
- Scionix
- JCS
Total budget
Collaborations
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK
- Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Warsaw
- Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, CNR, Milan
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, US