Strategies and the 2020s
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Strategies and Expectations for
the 2020s
Jonathan Carling
CEO
Tokamak
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My fusion pedigree
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Our strategy
Use Tokamaks
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Add two key technologies
Spherical Tokamak
Squashed shape
Highly efficient
High Temperature Superconductors
High current at high field
Fusion Power
Smaller, Cheaper, Faster...
... With Distinct Competitive Advantage
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Push the pace
Innovate & Industrialise in //
Collaborate
Diverse talent
Start-up culture
Compact devices Private funds
Magnets and Plasma in //
Grown-up capability
Learn from others
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2013 ST25: Working prototype with copper magnets
2015 ST25 (HTS): First HTS tokamak - all high temperature superconducting magnets Continuous plasma for 29 hours
2017 ST40: First high field spherical tokamak (3T+)
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Build & test fast
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KeV plasma 16 weeks later
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New central column - solenoid NBI heating (First 1 MW delivered) Enhanced diagnostics New and upgraded power supplies Activate magnet cryogenic cooling Goal: 8-9 KeV High Field ST plasma
2019 ST40
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Magnet lab also re-located
25+ global patent families
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Copper Magnets
15 M & 100M degrees
Approach energy gain conditions
Fusion Power Demonstration
All HTS Magnets
Industrial scale heat production
Large scale HTS magnet
Validate magnet design and
construction
The way forward 2018-2021 2021 2025
Commercial scale module
Electricity production (to the grid)
2030+
HTS Magnet Demo ST-F1 ST-E1
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Energy confinement
Plasma control
Auxiliary systems
Pilot Plant Design
Tritium Fuel Breeding
Energy Harnessing Technologies
Advanced Technology Development
HTS
Heat and Particle Exhaust
Radiation Shielding
Tritium fuel handling
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Strong themes we expect in 2020s
Collaboration Competition
Private investment ‘Pull’ on pace
HTS = mainstream
Industrialisation
Multiple devices @ Q>>1 B>20T
Lifecycle Cost Engineering
Design for serviceability
Different supply chain
Virtual design & sim
Government labs’ success
Regulation
Advanced quality planning PD process
Technology gap closures
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