1. Fusion Technology Summary Report Jean Paul Allain IEEE-NPSS AdCom Meeting July 19, 2014 Paris, France

2. Highlights of progress on SOFE 26 The 26 th Symposium on Fusion Engineering will be co- located with the PPC (Pulsed Power Conference) and held in Austin, Texas between May 31 and June 4, 2015 –SOFE-26 General chair: Jean Paul Allain and Technical Program chair: Mark Tillack, UC San Diego –PPC General chair is Mark Crawford and Technical Program Chair: David Wetz, UT-Arlington MOU signed in late March 2014 between Fusion Technology Committee and Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee Contract with IEEE-MCE services finalized in April 2014 Mark Tillack finalized SOFE-26 Technical Program Committee in early June 2014 Conference logo and advertising material finished and being distributed at various meetings this summer and fall

3. Highlights of progress on SOFE 26 The SOFE-26 Technical Committee (Headed by Mark Tillack) A balance on emergent technologies and more conventional work in fusion has been designed for the overall technical program for SOFE-26. Technical areas include: –Magnets, power supplies, Next-step devices, Plasma-facing components, High-heat flux components, ITER blankets, tritium handling, experimental fusion devices, stellarators, IFE technology, Innovative divertor solutions, Plasma- material interactions, blankets, structural materials A mini-course is also being designed around several high-demand areas in fusion engineering (e.g. PMI and innovative divertor concepts)

4. Engaging Asia and Europe on fusion engineering and technology areas Allain and Tillack have engaged with Chinese Fusion Institutes: Purpose: To sustain the increasing levels of participation of Chinese fusion engineers in SOFE given the increased activities in tokamak devices there Actions: FTC to invite Dr. Xuru Duan, Director from the Center for Fusion Science at the Southwestern Institute of Physics in Chengdu, China to join FTC. We have also invited Jiming Cheng (Southwestern Institute of Physics) and Yuntao Song (Inst. of Plasma Phys. Chinese Academy of Science) to join SOFE-26 technical program committee Created an ad-hoc committee chaired by Hutch Neilson with Tillack and Allain as members along with our Chinese colleagues to study the possibility of holding SOFE-27 in China Allain also visited with European institutions and major fusion centers in June for their participation in SOFE-26 and representation in the FTSC Visits included: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Laussane (Center for Plasma Physics), ITER headquarters in Cadarache, France, and the CNA in Sevilla, Spain

5. 2014 Fusion Technology Award Winner: Dr. Felix Schauer 2014 Fusion Technology Award Nominations were received February 15, 2014 and voting by members finalized and discussed by April 2014 Citation: “In recognition of his many outstanding contributions to fusion engineering and superconducting magnet technology, in particular relating to the design and construction of the stellarator experiment Wendelstein 7-X and design of the stellarator reactor HELIAS 5-B” Since 2005 Dr. Schauer serves as head of the W7-X engineering division at IPP Greifswald and a member of the project board. His team is tasked with conception, development, FE analyses, tests, and instrumentation of W7-X components, as well as with evaluation of design changes and non-conformities during assembly of the stellarator.