ITER Status & Opportunities Meeting with CONFINDUSTRIA Piemonte Torino, November 16 th 2015 Benjamin Perier
AGENDA Fusion ITER Fusion for Energy (F4E) Project status Business Opportunities what/how? F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 2
WHAT IS FUSION Bringing the power of the sun to earth Fusion is the process that powers the sun and other stars When light atoms fuse at very high temperatures, they release enormous amounts of energy Fusion on earth needs temperatures of 100-150 million degrees C Many experiments in Europe and the rest of the world F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 3
WHY FUSION? Abundant fuels delivering sustainable and safe energy Abundant The basic fuels are plentiful and widely available Sustainable Fusion produces no greenhouse gas (CO 2 ) emissions Safe Fusion does not produce any long-lived radioactive waste A fusion reactor can not run out of control F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 4
WHAT IS ITER? World s largest international energy research project ITER Seven ITER parties 50% of the world s population 80% of the world s GDP F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 5
WHAT WILL ITER DO? Demonstrate that fusion is a viable source of energy Fusion on a much larger scale than in present experiments 10 times as much power out as power in (500 MW) Study burning plasma and maintain for up to an hour Test key technologies for future fusion reactors F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 6
HOW IS ITER BEING BUILT? Pooling resources from around the world Each party is manufacturing different components of ITER and delivering them to the project Europe is the main shareholder in the project Europe is providing around half of the components F4E s main activity today is working with: European industry SMEs fusion laboratories to design and build the ITER components F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 7
ITER IS AN IMPRESSIVE PROJECT Facts & Figures 23.000 tonnes Small in size 1 million components 360 tonnes 5.000 workers Three times the weight of the Eiffel Tower Main building smaller than the boiler of a coal power plant ITER: 10 7 Airbus 380: 10 6 Every main magnet to weigh 360 tons as much as fully loaded Boeing 747-300 5.000 people on the ITER site F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 8
WHAT IS F4E? The European Union organisation for the development of Fusion Energy F4E is a public organisation set up in 2007 for 35 years Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain Offices: Cadarache, France Garching, Germany Members of staff: ~400 (engineers, scientists, buyers ) Budget: 6.6 billion EUR 2007-2020 almost 6 billion EUR for the construction of the ITER project F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 9
WHAT IS F4E S MISSION? Developing fusion through three projects: F4E is responsible for Europe s contribution to ITER, the world s largest energy project F4E is collaborating with Japan on a number of projects in the field of fusion known as the Broader Approach F4E will prepare a programme for the development of the next generation of Demonstration Fusion Reactors F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 10
AGENDA Status of ITER project F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 11
CURRENT STATUS OF ITER Approaching the peak of construction Due to be completed in 2020 F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 12
STATUS OF ITER SITE Assembly Building Tokamak Pit Site prepared First two buildings constructed Tokamak Pit ITER Headquarters PF Coils Building Critical Network Contractors Area F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 13
SITE VIEW JULY 2015 Video of site with drone, as of July 2015 F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 14
CURRENT STATUS OF ITER ITER after construction F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 15
STATUS OF ITER COMPONENTS Elise, IPP Germany Furnace, ASG Remote Handling, VTT De-tritiation tanks ISEPS, Padua Conductor, ASG High-tech components manufactured a or tested all over the world Winding table, ASG In vessel Conductor spool, ASG F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 Radial Plate, ASG Divertor Cassette Mock up, VTT 16
STATUS OF ITER COMPONENTS Making the ITER Vacuum Vessel A complex and huge vacuum vessel is used to contain the hot plasma Made from solid stainless steel that is 60 mm thick! Made up of nine sectors like the segments of an orange When all the sectors are joined, it will weigh more than 5000 tonnes! About to be pressed into shape After pressing into shape Welding Pieces Together F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 17
STATUS OF ITER COMPONENTS Making the ITER Magnets Magnets hold the hot plasma and refrain it from touching the walls of the vacuum vessel To reduce electricity loss from magnets, special superconducting cable is used Europe is making 18 of the largest ITER magnets which weigh 6500 tonnes each! Spool of cable Cables wrapped into shape Cable is wrapped around a D-shape F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 18
STATUS OF EU CONTRIBUTION (2008-2014) Budget breakdown F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 19
STATUS OF EU CONTRIBUTION (2008-2014) 400 contracts 250 companies 50 R&D organisations F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 20
AGENDA Business Opportunities: how and what? F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 21
F4E Procurement process for ITER Pre-procurement Market Analysis Procurement strategy Call for Tender Contract Contract with supplier Industry Liaison Officer Paolo Acunzo + F4E Industry Portal Supplier Assessment Supply Chain Mapping 22
F4E Procurement process for ITER (2) Pre-procurement Market Analysis Procurement strategy Call for Tender Contract Contract with supplier Video How to do business with F4E 23
KEY MESSAGES F4E Industry Portal = Official info on procurement ILO is BEST source of information Think partnerships. 24
MAGNETS Awarded PF Coils Impregnation & Additional Tooling contract (Spanish/French consortium) To be awarded before end of 2015 PFC Manufacturing & cold test (Nego) PFC Cold Test Engineering study and Facility construction (Dialogue) Heavy lift for PF Coils F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 25
IN VESSEL Divertor Under preparation: Cassette body assembly (2017) Blanket Cooling Manifold (2017) F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 26
REMOTE HANDLING On-going or under evaluation Cask & Plug RHS In Vessel Viewing System Eng. Support to RH F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 27
CRYOPLANT & FUEL CYCLE (1/2) Under preparation: MITICA Cryopumps (2016) Cold valve boxes (2017) Conceptual Design for Warm regeneration lines Hydrogen Isotope Separation System (2016). Leak detection on system (2016) Pre production cryopump (Research instument) F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 28
NEUTRAL BEAM & EC POWER SUPPLIES Awarded Acceleration Grid Power Supply On-going MITICA SF6 plant (Open procedure) Under preparation: MITICA Beam Source (2015) MITICA Beam Line Components (2016) Spider Ion source F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 29
DIAGNOSTICS (1/2) Under preparation Bolometer sensor manufacturing (2015). Core Plasma Thomson Scattering (2015) Mineral Insulated Cables (2016) FW contract for Manufacturing Design Support (2016?) Electrical Feedthroughs for In-Vessel and in-cryostat. (2016) Manufacture of Outer Vessel Pick up Coils (2016) F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 30
ELECTRON CYCLOTRON UPPER LAUNCHER Awarded 170 GHz High Power CW Source (RU) Under preparation (Nego 2017?): Gyrotron Test Facility. EC launcher Waveguides (Alu Pipes for Equatorial EC Launcher). Physics and engineering modeling for plasma control Additional heating systems analysis Disruption modeling and simulation Plasma control system design Antennas engineering support & analysis Scenario & plasma performance analysis Antennas F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 31
INVESTING IN FUSION Benefits for economy, knowledge and growth Delivering cutting edge knowledge and spin-offs Connecting business & research Delivering innovation Improving the potential of industry and SMEs Increasing Europe s competitiveness Generating growth and jobs F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 32
INVESTING IN FUSION Fusion research generates technology breakthroughs Metrology Robotics Remote Handling Systems Waste Processing Plasma torch Extracting helium from natural gas Vacuum Systems F4E - Torino, 16th November 2015 33
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