Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Report of the Fusion Technology Committee Chair M. S. Tillack, UCSD 25 July – Presented by Albe Larsen –

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Apologies from the chair Lucas Tillack

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society FTC Membership New members have been appointed to the committee –Brad Nelson, ORNL (replaces Stan Milora) –Dennis Youchison, SNLA (replaces Mike Ulrickson) International members have been added –First time (to my knowledge) in the 46-yr history of SOFE –Asia: Satoshi Konishi, Kyoto University –EU: Hans-Stephan Bosch, Max-Planck-Institut, Griefswald

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Fusion Technology Awards Fusion Technology Award –$3000, plaque, travel expenses, plenary talk at SOFE in 2011 –Winner: A. René Raffray (UCSD), “ for his internationally recognized expertise in fusion engineering and his outstanding contributions to fusion technology, especially in the area of high heat flux components for both magnetic and inertial fusion energy.” 2009 Best Student Paper Award –$500 and a plaque –Mai Ichinose (Kyoto University), “ Preliminary Design of High Temperature Lithium-Lead Blanket with SiC Cooling Panel ”

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Joint 23 rd SOFE and 36 th ICOPS 1.SOFE-specific topics –SOFE technical program, SOFE mini-course –SOFE proceedings and TPS special issue –Planning for future SOFE’s 2.Common topics –Registration, Budget –Social Program –IEEE software and hardware 3.ICOPS topics to be presented by John Luginsland

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society 272 SOFE abstracts from 20 countries CountryAbstracts Canada1 China8 Czech Rep.1 Finland1 France22 Germany20 Hungary2 India5 Italy17 Japan16 Mexico1 Romania3 Russian Federation7 South Korea16 Spain10 Sweden1 Switzerland4 UK9 USA128 Total272 –318 abstracts submitted originally –Swine flu was blamed for most of the attrition –More than 50% international abstracts –18 student abstracts

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society After some late changes the technical program unfolded smoothly 12 oral sessions planned by 24 session organizers (70 speakers) 12 poster session topics in 3 afternoon sessions 4 plenary sessions (2 speakers each) 3 joint plenary talks combined with ICOPS Last-minute scrambling to rearrange oral program after many invited speakers cancelled “due to swine flu” Required printing an entirely new program 5 days before the start For some reason, ICOPS was not hit so hard Anecdotal evidence of cross fertilization between ICOPS & SOFE

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society SOFE Mini-Course on the Basics of Fusion Engineering and Design Introduction and Overview D. SteinerProfessor Emeritus, RPI Basics of Plasma and FusionD. Steiner ITER OverviewD. RassmussenUS ITER Project Office Fusion Power PlantsF. NajmabadiDirector, UCSD Center for Energy Research In-Vessel ComponentsN. MorleyAssociate Director, UCLA Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research Fusion Safety and Tritium Management L. CadwalladerFusion Safety Program, Idaho National Lab One-day short course following SOFE Attended by 11 students, mostly professionals Surprised that no ITER vendors (the target audience) attended Repeat performance under consideration in 2011

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society SOFE Proceedings 171 manuscripts accepted 7 rejected due to non-attendance 2 weeks grace period to accommodate late submissions and copyright forms ITER disallowed their authors to sign standard IEEE form, IEEE agreed to accept a Crown-like agreement Used Omnipress for production of CD’s Schedule: July 8 – data sent to Omnipress July 20 – CD in production

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society A special issue of TPS is in preparation First time ever for SOFE, both proceedings and peer review All authors were invited (after submitting to proceedings) Guest Editor: David Ruzic (U. Illinois) Schedule o June 29, 2009journal submission deadline o Sept. 1, 2009peer reviews due o Dec. 1, 2009revised manuscripts due o Feb. 2010journal publication Some confusion due to newness, differences between ICOPS and SOFE ~60 papers submitted

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society 24 th SOFE (w/ 38 th ICOPS) June 2011, Jointly organized with ICOPS General Chair: Charles Neumeyer (PPPL) Program Chair: Brad Nelson (ORNL) Other positions currently being filled Budget and planning schedule under development Proposal received from IEEE Conference Management Services; a visit to IEEE by the chairs is planned Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel Chicago, Illinois

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society 25 th SOFE Still seeking a chair for a standalone SOFE: Fall 2013 time-frame An alternative to collocate with PPPS (San Francisco) is being pursued

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society ICOPS/SOFE 2009 Common Topics The joint conference was a great success ! –Many positive comments from attendees –Over 15% budget surplus –121 new IEEE members recruited (80 US, 39 foreign, 2 NPSS-only) –14-booth exhibition –Full social program –20 student travel grants, plus 3 Phelps grants –Use of Bo Yu software and NPSS Network Shop

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Registration statistics 436 ICOPS, 249 SOFE, 685 total 266 members and students members, 90 students total. 121 new members were signed up on site. Participants from 31 countries Mix of participants undoubtedly affected by A(H1N1)

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Participants enjoyed a full social program Sunday evening (May 31) Welcome Reception Monday (June 1) AM companion’s reception (with a speaker from the San Diego Tourism Bureau) PM reception for IEEE members and women in science & engineering, with flamenco performance Tuesday evening (June 2) Padres vs. Phillies baseball game Wednesday evening (June 3) Cocktail hour, ICOPS/SOFE 2009 Awards Banquet, followed by musical entertainment by the Mar Dels

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society The exhibition was very successful 14 paid exhibitors: TechX Corporation, Russtech Language Services, Inc., Axsys Technologies and Brush Wellman, Hiden Analytical, Ktech Corporation, Arland Tool & Manufacturing, Inc., Major Tool & Machine Inc., Physics of Plasmas (AIP), General Atomics, Everson Tesla Incorporated, ITER-NL, Stangenes Industries, Inc., U.S. ITER, International Plasma Research Center (IPRC), South Korea

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Fundraising from 9 sponsors

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society NPSS conference management software Used for abstract & manuscript submission, registration –Required significant interactions with Bo Yu to manage –Several new features were added on request –Excellent functionality. Lack of user guide caused some confusion. Comments from Bo Yu: –The software is not “one-size fits all”; different software needed for different conferences. –Plan to limit support to ICOPS, SOFE, PPC, RTC, NSS/MIC –Conference organizers need to provide administrative support; Bo will provide only maintenance “in the background”

Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Lessons learned Large staff of competent volunteers helped immensely Sharing of expertise was very valuable –Help from prior and future registration chairs –Network shop personnel, Yu software support –Support from IEEE conference services (Lisa Boyd) highly recommended Early planning prevented last-minute chaos Aggressive fund raising provided a buffer to the budget Hotel contract negotiations would have been smoother if we had professional help from the start Combining of ICOPS and SOFE worked very well, but requires tight cooperation and teamwork