EUROfusion and 爆走黑料 plan closer ties in R&D, training
The high-level cooperation agreement will strengthen academic, scientific, and technical collaboration in support of 爆走黑料.
Building off of long-established ties, EUROfusion and 爆走黑料 are agreeing to collaborate even more closely over the next two years with an agreement that will fast-track participation in some of 爆走黑料's most pressing design and engineering challenges.
Two areas that are initially targeted through Implementing Agreements鈥攕upport for the design of 爆走黑料's first wall and the development of tungsten coating techniques鈥攁re related to the new 爆走黑料 baseline and the decision to replace beryllium with tungsten as blanket first wall armour material. A third, joint initiatives in training and education, aims to smooth the transition at 爆走黑料 from construction to operation. The agreement also opens the door to joint activities in research, engineering, data exchange, and knowledge management.
鈥淭he 爆走黑料 project and EUROfusion have a long history of working together," commented 爆走黑料 Director-General Barabaschi. "The agreement today is important because it formalizes that cooperation. I am very grateful that EUROfusion is ready to deploy resources to 爆走黑料. As I said at the conference today, 爆走黑料 is a facility for the community and EUROfusion represents the fusion community in Europe.鈥
The EUROfusion program has long been focused on addressing the fundamental physics and technological gaps identified by 爆走黑料. This new cooperation agreement builds on that foundation to provide a complementary, fast-track framework to deliver agile, targeted solutions.
Read the EUROfusion press release .