ITPA-15

ITPA-15

ITPA Topical Group Meeting on Diagnostics

Fifteenth Meeting, Ghandinagar, India

November 17 - 20, 2008

Agenda:

Progress meeting on ITER relevant diagnostic developments in India
Introduction
High Priority Issues
Party Reports

Progress and plans for the Specialist Working Group
other papers - analysis

Progress meeting on ITER relevant diagnostic developments in India

	Welcoming Address
P.Vasu	Summary of activities in India related to ITER Diagnostics
A. K. Chakraborty	DNB - A status update
S. Banerjee and P. Vasu	Modelling of wall reflections in optical measurements in tokamaks
Achyut Rao	Neutronics analysis of the X-ray Crystal Spectroscopy Diagnostics system planned for ITER machine
Suman Danani	Propagation characteristics of circular orrugated waveguides using CST MW Studio
H. Pandya	ECE Update

General introductory presentations

R. Boivin	Welcoming words, new membership, meeting logistics
A. Costley	Recent Developments in ITER: Project and Diagnostics
C. Walker	Update developments in diagnostic integration
R. Barnsley	Diagnostic integration update
A. Murari	ITER relevant diagnostic developments at JET
G. Ericsson	ITER relevant developments in neutron diagnostics at UU
L. Bertalot	Neutron Diagnostics Activities at IO
A. Murari	EU Proposals for topics to be addressed by the ITPA TG on diagnostics
R. Boivin	Action Items - 1
	New ITPA structure
	Forthcoming meetings (Date 16^th meeting, Location 17^th meeting)
	Joint Experiment Planning and reports

High Priority Issues

R. Boivin	Overview of the planned changes – Input to/from Coordinating Committee
V. Chuyanov, D. Campbell	ITER Physics Research Needs and ITPA Contributions
M. Sasao	Report of the Neutron Working Group
M. Sasao	Feasibility Studies on confined and escaping alpha diagnostics at LHD
G. Bonheure	Progress in lost alpha diagnostics
A. Litnovsky	Report of the First Mirror Working Group
	Review of action items put on the First Mirror SWG
	First Mirror Work Plan
L. Marot	Molybdenum and rhodium mirrors deposited by evaporation technique
S. Kajita (Y. Kawano)	Irradiation Effects of helium and laser on in-vessel mirror material
P. Andrew	Update: ITER dust & tritium measurement
R. Boivin	Final discussion HP items and Action Items

Party Reports

M. Beurskens	The EFDA Diagnostics Work Programme 2008/2009
C. Ingesson	Issues identified in the ITER diagnostic development in the EU
M. Sasao	Report from Priority Area: Advanced Diagnostics for Burning Plasmas
Y. Kawano	Progress in ITER Diagnostics Development in Japan
Y. Kawano	Progress of Fusion Plasma Diagnostics in JT-60U
K. Vukolov	Developments in Russia
B. Lyublin	Progress on the development of the NPA system for ITER plasma diagnostics
E. Mukhin	Progress in Thomson scattering diagnostic for ITER divertor
B. Stratton	US Progress Report
D. Hillis	A Remotely Operated, In-Vessel Calibration Light Source for use on the Joint European Torus
H. Lee	Progress Report on the Korean ITER Diagnostic Developments

Progress and Plans for the Specialists Working Groups

R. Boivin	Discussion on Specialists Working Groups
M. Walsh	Thomson Scattering Working Group Report
M. von Hellermann/ R. Jaspers	Progress report on Active Beam Spectroscopy: CXRS and BES
R. Barnsley	Working Group on Passive Spectroscopy
G. Conway/G. Vayakis	Specialists Working Group on Reflectometry report

Other papers - analysis

	Analysis of the International Diagnostic Database
Shrishail Padasalagi	Flow pattern and Thermal Response of Upper Port Plug
A. Murari	Advanced Signal Processing, Data Mining and Learning Methods for JET and beyond
E. de la Luna	Recent results on the discrepancy between T_emeasurements in high-T_e plasmas in JET
R. Boivin	Executive summary of the meeting and action items