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IDAHO FALLS LUNCHEON MEETING

TOPIC:                ITER:  Realizing Nuclear Fusion Power

SPEAKER:         Phil Sharpe, INL Fusion Safety Program

DATE:                  Friday, June 17, 2005

TIME:                   12:00 noon

PLACE:               JB’s Restaurant, 1331 W Broadway, Idaho Falls

MENU:                 Order from the menu

COST:                 Restaurant lunch prices

Free lunch:          For first five IEEE members who show Membership Card

ABSTRACT:

For the first time in many years, an opportunity exists to explore the realities of operating a fusion reactor- construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is set to begin in the near future.  ITER will be the first experiment to sustain a burning plasma with a net energy output at least 10 times greater than energy input, and produce thermal energy at the level of present electric power stations.  Many science and engineering challenges are to be met with the robust design of ITER.  Integration of novel and complex systems and substantial sources of stored energy within ITER have required extensive safety analyses to ensure negligible impact to the public.  This presentation provides an overview of ITER, discusses of the status of ITER location negotiations, and outlines a few of the remaining design, operation, and safety challenges

BIOGRAPHY:

Phil Sharpe (PhD Nuclear Eng, North Carolina State University, 2000) is a scientist in the Fusion Safety Program at the Idaho National Laboratory. His research interests include fusion energy system design and safety analysis, plasma science and applications, and aerosol science and technology.  Current research activities include studying the impact of dust on the operational and safety characteristics of fusion reactors, plasma-surface interactions, experimental magnetosphere plasma dynamics, materials studies with hydrogen isotopes, tritium handling and cleanup systems, and thermochemical behavior of liquid coolants (molten salts and liquid metals).

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