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

Description

LNF is the Spanish partner of the EUROfusion consortium which manages the European Integrated Fusion programme. In addition to its 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, IFMIF-EVEDA and IFMIF-DONES.

Main equipment or Facilities

The group is presently formed by around 140 people (physicists engineers, technicians and support personnel). LNF operates the TJ-II stellarator 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 and development of disruption prediction algorithms.

W7X (Germany). Participation in experiments, development of pellet injector and microwave reflectometer.

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

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

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

IFMIF-EVEDA (Japan). Accelerator components: RF power system, beam diagnostics, high energy beam transmission line, medium energy beam transmission line, beam dump. IFMIF integrated design, medium flux irradiation modules.

IFMIF-DONES (desing phase). Project leadership in the Work Package Early Neutron Source (EUROfusion) and participation in most of the systems: control system, building and plant systems, accelerator systems, lithium systems, irradiation modules and safety.

Technology Capabilities

Mechanical engineering. Finite elements calculations, CAD-CATIA, design, vacuum systems, leak detection, cooling systems.

Fabrication & assembly. Own workshop, limited size components.

Electrical engineering. Power electronics, signal electronics.

High power radiofrequency (RF) and microwave systems, solid-state amplifiers, Low Level 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 management, data mining.

Summary of Research Services

Services related to the above technologies.