ITPA-8

ITPA-8

ITPA Topical Group Meeting on Diagnostics

Eight Meeting, Culham, United Kingdom

March 14 - 18, 2005

European Meeting

Agenda:

Introduction
Reports on Progress with High Priority Issues
Relevance of current and planned future JET diagnostics to ITER

General Topics, Progress on On-going Issues

Reports by the Specialists Working Groups

Reports on BPX Relevant Diagnostic Developments

Review of Action Items

Closing activities

Introduction

Sir C. Llewellyn Smith	Welcome address and opening
A.J.H. Donné	Welcome, attendees, meeting logistics
A.J.H. Donné	Diagnostics for burning plasmas: an introduction to the ITPA Topical Group on Diagnostics
A. Costley	ITER Diagnostics: some key developments since last TG meeting

Reports on Progress with High Priority Issues

B. Peterson	Lost alpha-particle diagnostic using imaging bolometers and multi-foil thermal detectors
M. Nishiura	Scintillator probe diagnostics and developments in LHD
K. Lawson	The use of XUV spectroscopic line intensity ratios in a proposed alpha particle diagnostic
G. Gorini	Alpha knock-on neutron measurements with additional plasma heating in ITER
J. Källne	ITER neutron experiments and R&D with implications for ITER
V. Kiptily	Capabilities of Gamma-ray Measurements in Burning Plasma Experiments
F. Meo	Design of a collective Thomson scattering diagnostic for ITER at the 60 GHz frequency range
M. Ishikawa	Neutron emission profile measurement in JT-60U - Study of energetic ion transport
B. Lyublin	Alpha-particle detection with the use of HENPA
	Discussion on the alpha particle measurements
I. Bolshakova/R.Holyaka/I.Duran	Radiation-hard galvanomagnetic devices for ITER magnetic diagnostic part 1, part 2, part 3
K. Vukolov	Report of the First Mirror Working Group
A. Costley	Report of the First Mirror Working Group - Part 2
G. Razdobarin	Status of the research on mirror cleaning in low temperature plasmas
S. Takamura (pres. Y. Kawano)	Effects of helium & hydrogen irradiation on tungsten optical mirrors
A. Litnovsky	Questions for the discussion on first mirrors
K. Itami	Progress in the Study of the Divertor Erosion Monitor for ITER

Relevance of current and planned future JET diagnostics to ITER

M. Watkins	Aims of the JET programme for 2005/06 and beyond
F. Orsitto	Overview of JET-EP diagnostics for 2005/06 campaigns
A.J.H. Donné	Overview of diagnostics that could be of interest for the long term JET programme

General Topics, Progress on On-going Issues

A. Costley	ITER measurement requirements: status of levels 0, 1 and 2
G. Gorini	Q_th/Q_tot measurements on JET and feasibility of measurement on ITER
A. Costley	Report on new diagnostic initiative
C. Walker	Overview of Diagnostic Port Engineering Task Force and Meetings
T. Sugie	Out-gassing tests of MI-cables for ITER in-vessel cabling
R. Pearce	Out-gassing tests on ITER MI–cabling - Preliminary results
P. McCarthy	q-profile determination on ITER from magnetics, polarimetry and MSE diagnostic signals

Reports by the Specialists Working Groups

E. Hodgson	Radiation Effects Working Group Report
L. Vermeeren	RIEMF/TIEMF investigation by irradiation of copper and stainless steel core MI cables in the BR2 reactor
K. Vukolov	Radiation tests of diagnostic components
T. Nishitani	14 MeV neutron irradiation effect on the CVD diamond detector
G. Vayakis	Reflectometry Working Group Report
G. Razdobarin	Thomson scattering Working Group Report
M. Sasao	Neutron Working Group Report
R. Barnsley	Optimization of RNC lines of sight
C. Walker	Divertor Port Based Vertical Neutron Camera
T. Nishitani	Development of the water activation system using Cerenkov light measurement
T. Sugie	Spectroscopy Working Group Report
M. von Hellermann (pres. N. Hawkes)	Beam-Aided Spectroscopy Working Group Report
D. Thomas (pres. R. Boivin)	Assessment of active spectroscopy design for ITER
S. Tugarinov	CXRS for ITER development in RF
A. Donné	Status of the International Diagnostics Database

Reports on BPX Relevant Diagnostic Developments

Y. Kusama	Recent Progress on BPX relevant diagnostics in Japan
M. Sasao	Report of ATAMI symposium on "Advanced diagnostics for burning plasma experiments"
Y. Kawano	Developments in Japan
T. Nishitani	Status report on ITA task: Design of microfission chambers
R. Boivin	US Progress Report
V. Zaveriaev	Overview of ITER relevant diagnostic developments in RF
B. Lyublin	Progress on engineering design of the ITER NPA Neutral Particle Analysis
P. Bagryansky	Dispersion interferometer for burning plasma experiments
V. Petrov	Time-of-flight refractometer for ITER
H.G. Lee	Korean activities on ITER-diagnostics
R. Barnsley	Design status of ITER main plasma VUV spectrometry
J. Zhao	The possible activity on HT-7 & EAST relevant ITER diagnostics

Review of Action Items

A. Donné

Overview of and progress with the action items

Closing activities

A. Costley	Discussion of the Diagnostics section in the Tokamak Physics Basis
A. Donné	Date and location of the 9^thMeeting of the ITPA TG on Diagnostics Preparation and Agreement of Meeting Summary