Name: Ninth DEMO and Fusion Plants Workshop
Start: 2025-06-10T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-06-13T19:05:00+02:00
Location: Aomori, Japan

Ninth DEMO and Fusion Plants Workshop

from Tuesday 10 June 2025 (09:00) to Friday 13 June 2025 (19:05)

Monday 9 June 2025
Tuesday 10 June 2025
09:10
09:10 - 09:30
Contributions

09:10 Opening Remarks by Mr. Takenaga, Deputy Executive Director of QST

09:20 Opening Remarks by IAEA - Matteo Barbarino (International Atomic Energy Agency) Laura Wheatley (IAEA)
09:30
09:30 - 10:55
Contributions

09:30 Introduction - Day 1 - Nagato Yanagi (National Institute for Fusion Science)

09:40 Current status of LTS and HTS wires for high field applications - Satoshi Awaji (Tohoku University)

10:15 HTS Magnets Development for the UK’s STEP Programme - Ezzat Nasr
10:55 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:55 - 11:10
11:10
11:10 - 12:30
Contributions

11:10 Magnet development for national project (JA DEMO) - Hiroyasu Utoh (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology)

11:50 Recent Challenges on REBCO Conductor and Magnet for High Field Applications and Fusion - Seungyong Hahn
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:50
13:50
13:50 - 15:10
Contributions

13:50 Cold test facilities for fusion magnet at ASIPP - Huajun Liu

14:30 SUCCEX, 16 Tesla Superconducting Conductor Test Facility - Keeman Kim (Korea Institute of Energy Technology)
15:10 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:25
15:25
15:25 - 16:30
Contributions

15:25 Neutron Irradiation Effect on Superconductivity of ReBCO Tapes - Arata Nishimura (Japan)

16:05 Discussion

16:25 Summary of the session – Status and prospects of fusion magnet development in the world – - Nagato Yanagi (National Institute for Fusion Science)
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:45
16:45
16:45 - 17:55
Contributions

16:45 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES IN SUPPORT OF A DT SPHERICAL TOKAMAK DEMONSTRATION FUSION PLANT - Howard Wilson (UK Industrial Fusion Solutions)

17:25 National strategies of Japan - Fusion research and development strategy for JA DEMO - H Takenaga

17:35 National Strategies of Europe - Francesco Maviglia (EUROfusion, PPPT Department, Building R3 Boltzmannstr. 2 Garching 85748, Germany)

17:45 Chinese Fusion National Strategy - Minyou Ye (University of Science and Technology of China)
Wednesday 11 June 2025
09:30
09:30 - 10:50
Contributions

09:30 Chair Introduction - Rachel Lawless (UKAEA)

09:40 Introduction and Topic overview summary - Christian Day (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

10:10 Fusion for Energy activities on the ITER fuel cycle and the European Roadmap for fuel cycle technology developments - Matthias Dremel (Fusion for Energy)
10:50 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 - 11:10
11:10
11:10 - 12:30
Contributions

11:10 An overview of tritium inventory management progress and challenges, and the role of the UKAEA – Eni H3AT facility in supporting the fusion community - Rachel Lawless (UKAEA)

11:50 Canadian and International Fusion Fuel Cycle Capabilities supporting Global Fusion Energy Developments - Sam Suppiah (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
13:25
13:25 - 14:40
Contributions

13:25 PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING ANALYSIS FOR CN HCCB TBM REGARDING ITER NEW BASELINE SCENARIO - XINGHUA WU (CHINA)

13:45 PROGRESS OF REBCO HIGH-FIELD FUSION MAGNET RESEARCH AT SOUTHWESTERN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS - X. Hu (Southwestern Institute of Physics)

14:05 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, SYSTEM MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF TRITIUM FUEL CYCLE IN A STEADY-STATE OPERATING TOKAMAK - sergey ananyev (nrc Kurchatov institute)

14:35 recent progress on neutronics and tritium analysis for fusion reactor blanket systems in SWIP - Shen Qu

14:35 Quasi-3D thermal–hydraulic analysis and test result of the cool-down for CFETR CSMC - Xiaohui Guan (Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei Institutes of Physical Science Institute of Plasma Physics)

14:35 Overview and updates of the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) - Defeng Kong (Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center (Anhui Energy Laboratory))

14:35 Development and Testing of Hybrid HTS Conductor for TF and CS Coils - Zahoor Ahmad (Pakistan Tokamak Plasma Research Institute)

14:35 Hydrogen Isotope Behavior in Tungsten and RAFM Steels - Minyou Ye (University of Science and Technology of China)

14:35 Analysis of Neutron Attenuation and Activation Source Terms in Tokamak Vacuum Chamber Components - yaxiao wang (China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd.)
14:40
14:40 - 15:20
Contributions

14:40 Toward Technical Readiness: Private-Sector Pathways for Fusion Fuel Cycle and Power Integration - Shutaro Takeda (Kyoto Fusioneering)
15:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:40
15:40
15:40 - 16:30
Contributions

15:40 Discussion on key points and session summary - Christian Day (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Rachel Lawless (UKAEA)

16:20 Summary - Christian Day (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
16:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:45
16:45
16:45 - 18:15
Contributions

16:45 Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source Risk Reduction Activity - Arnold Lumsdaine (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

17:15 Overview of ITER’s Progress - Norikiyo Koizumi (QST)

17:45 Korea’s Strategy for Fusion Energy Realization - Keeman Kim (Korea Institute of Energy Technology)

17:55 UK Fusion National Strategy - Lee Packer (UKAEA)
19:00 Banquet
Banquet
19:00 - 21:00
Thursday 12 June 2025
09:30
09:30 - 10:35
Contributions

09:30 Chair Introdcution - Saerom Kwon (National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology)

09:40 Topic overview summary - Lee Packer (UKAEA)

09:55 JA fusion neutronics activities toward JA-DEMO design and construction - Kentaro Ochiai (National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology)
10:35 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:35 - 11:05
11:05
11:05 - 12:25
Contributions

11:05 Neutronics activities for European DEMO fusion reactor shielding and breeding blanket designs - Dieter Leichtle (KIT)

11:45 Radiation Environment Challenges for a Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production - Tim Eade (UKIFS)
12:25 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:25 - 13:55

12:25 - 13:55
13:55
13:55 - 15:15
Contributions

13:55 Neutronics and tritium fuel cycle R&D activities for fusion development in China - Shanliang Zheng (Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

14:35 OpenMC: a modern, high-performance nuclear design and analysis toolkit for fusion power plants - Ethan Peterson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
15:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:45
15:45
15:45 - 16:25
Contributions

15:45 Discussion on key points - Lee Packer (UKAEA) Saerom Kwon (National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology)

16:10 Summary
16:25
16:25 - 17:55
Contributions

16:25 Fusion and Non-Proliferation - Lee Packer (UKAEA) Alex Somers (SRNL, USA)
Friday 13 June 2025

09:30

09:30 - 12:30

12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:00

13:00

13:00 - 18:00