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Seminar about construction methods, UST_2 and reactors given in 'National Fusion Laboratory' , CIEMAT, 2009

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On 3rd  April 2009 the seminar 'Innovative reactor stellarators and construction methods' was given by Vicente M. Queral in the NFL 'National Fusion Laboratory', CIEMAT ('Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas') in Madrid, Spain.  NFL houses the TJ-II heliac stellarator facility.

The studies for the presentation were carried out almost exclusively during my spare time (nights and weekends) as I was working in Remote Handling for ITER, IFMIF and DEMO. Consequently the accuracy and detail of the presented results is low.

Three slices of the presentation are shown next:

 

The author's concepts for the use of large 3D printers to build UST_2 and reactors come from 2009 (one reference was found proposing one similar concept already in 2007)

 

One of the tasks to be done is to decide and implement the best 3D method to produce stellarators and tokamaks by 3D printers

 

Estimations about the feasibility of using superconducting coils is shown in the presentation. Also many other concepts.

 

A video of the Seminar given is available, but not online.

 

 

 

Seminar about construction methods, UST_2 and reactors given in 'National Fusion Laboratory' , CIEMAT, 2010

See the presentation (pdf , English , 2MB):

On 15st  November 2010 the seminar 'Construction of low-cost stellarators by Innovative Rapid Prototyping Methods. Discussion of possible benefits for experimental and theoretical fusion' was given by Vicente M. Queral in the NFL 'National Fusion Laboratory', CIEMAT. This seminar was given for the physicist's group in LNF.

The studies for the presentation were carried out almost exclusively during my spare time (nights and weekends) as I was working in Remote Handling for ITER, IFMIF and DEMO. Consequently the accuracy and detail of the presented results is low.

Three slices of the presentation are shown next:

 

Important fusion researchers, i.e. Farrokh Najmabadi, are aware of the importance of the technology R&D

 

UST_1 shown that technological innovation is possible. The cost of the UST_1 core (the stellarator itself) was only 150€!!. What could be possible with the use of 3D printers or even more advanced methods?

 

The final goal is to build fusion reactors at a competitive cost in order to produce inexpensive energy for us and the future generations

 

 

 

 

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