Theyear2013hasbeenparticularlysuccessfulforIFP-CNRsince,besidesthe continuationoftheresearchactivitiescarriedoutintheframeoftheEFDAWork Programme and under F4E Grants and ITER Service Contracts, we have performedthe firstsuccessfulexperimentalcampaignsonreal-timeMHDmode controlbymeansof thenewECwavepowerlauncherinstalledin theprevious year inFTU.ThisisparticularlyvaluablefortheIFPduetotheimportantefforts committedinthelastyearsintherealizationofthenewlaunchingsystem.This installation will enhance the flexibility of the ECRH system in FTU therefore openingthepossibilityofabroadersetofexperimentstobecarriedoutinITERlikeregimesofplasmadensityandmagneticfieldvalues. Moreover,in the past year alot of efforts at IFP-CNR have been devoted to identifythemostappropriatecompetencies,accordingto theRoadmap,tobeput forward in the Horizon 2020 era responding to the numerous calls for participation to the Work Plan of the EURATOM programme. A posteriori we believe that the outcome of the selection process has been quite successful for IFP-CNRdue to thekeyskills for the ITERproject,whichhavebeenpreviously fosteredunderEFDA,typicallyECRHphysicsandtechnologies,developmentand exploitation of fusion diagnostics, theory and modelling of fusion plasmas and datainterpretation,plasmaprocessingofmaterialsurfaces. IFP-CNRis therefore ready to carry out the challenging transition toH2020 andtothenewEUROfusionsystem,whichwebelievewillbecapitaltoproceed towardsthesuccessoftheITERprogramme. MaurizioLontano DirectorofIFP-CNR
Annual Report 2013
2014
Abstract
Theyear2013hasbeenparticularlysuccessfulforIFP-CNRsince,besidesthe continuationoftheresearchactivitiescarriedoutintheframeoftheEFDAWork Programme and under F4E Grants and ITER Service Contracts, we have performedthe firstsuccessfulexperimentalcampaignsonreal-timeMHDmode controlbymeansof thenewECwavepowerlauncherinstalledin theprevious year inFTU.ThisisparticularlyvaluablefortheIFPduetotheimportantefforts committedinthelastyearsintherealizationofthenewlaunchingsystem.This installation will enhance the flexibility of the ECRH system in FTU therefore openingthepossibilityofabroadersetofexperimentstobecarriedoutinITERlikeregimesofplasmadensityandmagneticfieldvalues. Moreover,in the past year alot of efforts at IFP-CNR have been devoted to identifythemostappropriatecompetencies,accordingto theRoadmap,tobeput forward in the Horizon 2020 era responding to the numerous calls for participation to the Work Plan of the EURATOM programme. A posteriori we believe that the outcome of the selection process has been quite successful for IFP-CNRdue to thekeyskills for the ITERproject,whichhavebeenpreviously fosteredunderEFDA,typicallyECRHphysicsandtechnologies,developmentand exploitation of fusion diagnostics, theory and modelling of fusion plasmas and datainterpretation,plasmaprocessingofmaterialsurfaces. IFP-CNRis therefore ready to carry out the challenging transition toH2020 andtothenewEUROfusionsystem,whichwebelievewillbecapitaltoproceed towardsthesuccessoftheITERprogramme. MaurizioLontano DirectorofIFP-CNRI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
