JT-60SA: getting ready for scientific operation
Institutskolloquium
- Date: May 16, 2025
- Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Dr. Sam Davis
- Sam Davis started work at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in the UK, working first on materials and magnet development and then on tokamak upgrade projects. He joined the JT-60SA project in 2010, working for Fusion for Energy in Garching, Germany. He first followed the manufacturing of the cryostat base on which the tokamak rests and its delivery from Spain. He was then fully occupied in the design, manufacturing and assembly of the toroidal field magnet. After launching a range of enhancement projects he moved to Naka, Japan in 2020. During 2020-2023 he supported the integrated commissioning of the JT-60SA tokamak and the modifications necessary to reach the first plasma. He was appointed as JT-60SA Project Leader in December 2023.
- Location: IPP Garching
- Room: Arnulf-Schlüter Lecture Hall in Building D2 and Zoom
- Host: IPP
- Contact: stefan.possanner@ipp.mpg.de
I am going to describe the current status of the project and our plans for the next campaigns. In particular I will explain our progress in the many enhancements underway to the in-vessel components, heating systems and diagnostics, and the main focus for ‘operation 2’ starting next year (2026). I will also mention our longer-term plans including the transition to a tungsten environment.