CIEMAT - Laboratorio Nacional de Fusíón
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image TJ-II
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jt 60 cryostat body fabricated at asturfeito asturias
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liquid metals laboratory at ciemat
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Pic legend 2: jt 60 cryostat body fabricated at asturfeito asturias
Pic legend 3: liquid metals laboratory at ciemat

General information

  • Hosting Organisation
    CIEMAT - Laboratorio Nacional de Fusíón
  • Adress
    Av. Complutense 40, 28040 MADRID
  • Web
    https://www.ciemat.es

Description

LNF is the Spanish partner of the Eurofusion consortium who manages the European Integrated Fusion programme. In addition to its own research in this field, LNF coordinates the work of around fifteen "linked third parties", universities, R&D centers and industries within Eurofusion.

In addition, LNF participates in experiments and developments for the international projects JET, W7X , JET, JT60, ITER, DEMO and (IFMIF-EVEDA and IFMIF-DONES).

Main equipment or Facilities

The group presently formed by around 140 people (basically physicist, engineers and technicians). LNF operates the TJ-II stellerator facility and a number of Fusion Technology facilities. Altogether the facilities form the "LNF" ICTS (singular scientific-technical facility), included in the Spanish ICTS programme.

Projects under Development

JET (UK, owned by the European Union). Participation in experiments, DT plasma scenarios, development of fast camera systems, development of disruption prediction algorithms.

W7X (Germany). Partiocipation in experiments, development of pellet injectior and microwave reflectometer.

JT60 (Japan). Desing and procurement of the cryostat, participation in diagnostic developments.

ITER (Francem International partnership). Work on: data archiving and visualization, visible/infrared viewing system. Collective Thomson Scattering (CTS) diagnostic system, neutronics, tritium transport calculations

DEMO (conceptual desing phase). Materials (structural & functional) irradiation experiments and modeling, liquids metals (lithiumm lead-lithium), breeding blankets (dual coolant), reamote handling, neutronics, nuclear safety, stellarator reactor configurations, socioeconomic studies (with CIEMAT Energy Department).

IFMIF-EVEDA (Japan). Accelerator components: RF system, beam diagnostics, high energy beam transmission, medium energy beam transmission, beam dump. IFMIF integrated desing, medium flux irradiation cell.

IFMIF-DONES (desing phase). Project leadership, project control, integrated desing, accelerator components, safety. Site studies (host proposal).

Technology Capabilities

Mechanical engineering. Finite elements calculations, CAD-CATIA desing, vaccum systems, leak detection, cooling systems.

Fabrication & assembly. Own workshop, limited size components.

Electrical engineering. Power electronics, signal electronics, high power RF systems.

Nuclear calculations. Neutronics.

Sensors: X-ray, UV, Visible, Infrared, Millimeter wave radiometry, Microwave. Fast particles.

Materials characterization: SIMS, FUB milling, nanoindenter, ductility test, optical & electrical properties.

Liquid metals: lithium, lead-lithium.

Data. Data management, data mining.

Summary of Research Services

Services related to the above technologies.