Project Board Premeeting

5 Mar 2026, 13:00 → 6 Mar 2026, 13:10 Europe/Berlin

Thursday 5 March

1 2027 Perspectives and Priorities

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

Identification of budget requirements for 2027 and discussion on relative prioritization, including desired additional operational time of facilities, as input to the PB in March and to the GA in April (GA expecting a prioritized shortlist).

Discussion on mid and long term EUROfusion scientific priorities for JT-60SA (discussion on update of present JT-60SA priorities)

ITER MoU breakdown between WP and corresponding resources

Discuss issue of materialization of joint phd or post-docs in the collaboration with ITER

HoD will touch on the individual WP aspects in intro to provide own perspective

Annual technical reporting length

Speaker: Marco Wischmeier (EUROfusion PMU)

2 2027 WPPWIE

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

For the next PB PWIE will request the conversion of 2 container for JET into resources for analysis and machine time post DT samples. I made the proposal last year, but it shall be proposed in Apri (after discussion with Marco last year)

PWIE will request 2 additional packages to recover the loss of two main areas: tritium studies and dust studies.. discussions with WPDES about the "joint" activities and desire to join forces. Lack of resources in this area.

PWIE will propose a further project dealing with MEMENTO/RE simulations. Try to recover the content of an EEG activity as the person left VR

Request budget for PWIE specific experiments under WPTE. PWIE understand, that there is not enough budget in TE, but it is for the PWIE community essential to have a "REAL" benchmark experiment for W migration, influx and retention in ITER-like configuration. This is only RELEVANT for AUG and requires specific time to get enough fluence. This will feed directly into the prediction if ITER.

Issues with ERG or EEG as the "selection team experts"/panel may not be aware of ITER priorities. Discuss desire of strategy for an additional finance scheme.

Speaker: Sebastijan Brezinsek (FZJ)

3 2027 WPTE

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

Discussion on mid and long term EUROfusion scientific priorities for JT-60SA (i.e. revise the MoU priorities):

1. Development and investigation of high performance scenarios compatible with future W-PFCs,

2. Avoidance and mitigation of disruptions and runaways,

3. Fast ion physics,

4. Development and validation of high-level real-time control strategies.

Additional % of TE machine ops in 2027 ?

Additional resources needed for Scientific Exploitation of TE devices in 2027 (→ mission budget, even more if more machine time granted) 

Additional resources for JT-60SA 2027

Additional Resources and plan for interpretative and extrapolative modelling (+ connection with WTM)

Speakers: Emmanuelle Tsitrone (CEA), Dr Nicola Vianello (ENEA)

4 2027 WPSTEL

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

Increase resource for Stellarator Reactor Activities within WP STEL

New project within Key Physics Gaps – Improving particle exhaust in island divertor (or FP10?)

W7X machine operation cost and fraction

Depreciation issue for FZJ (proposal?)

Speaker: Marcin Jakubowski (IPP)

5 2027 WPTM

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

WPTM request for extra resources for 2027

Private sector involvement in the field of WPTM & TM in PPP ?

Analysis of the EUROfusion-ITER IO agreement and consequences for TM effort/activity effort

15:05 Coffee break

6 2027 WPSA

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

Clarification of the hand over between SA, F4E and operations

Update on JT-60SA W wall timeline

Strategy in the material selection and testing for W components

Speaker: Dr Carlo Sozzi (ENEA ISTP-CNR Milano)

7 2027 General Discussion

8 2027 Proposed Prioritization

9 Dinner

Friday 6 March

10 FP10 outline and activities in 26-27 towards the future

Duration: 20'+10'

Topics:

BEST - What are the views on the required level of engagement? 

Strategy for international collaboration (EU-US/EU-KR/EU-China) (here might also be EU-CA and EU-India)

Expected timeline of devices and information or /needs on the development of the smaller devices inside Europe (MAST-U, TCV, WEST, AUG, W7-X)

Issue of collaborating with private companies

How to keep competence and at the same time reinforce the operativity and the scientific output of the many subsystems in delivery to QST? The present status is that whatever subsystem has passed the acceptation phase (commissioning) is QST property and EU teams that developed it are treated as a normal user.

How to develop the support/interaction with DTT?

Required development of human resources and their profile.

Is there a need for a central physics unit at PMU to accelerate activities that are to be defined high priority and for which a higher funding rate would be required similar to DCT/WPDES as otherwise certain physics projects risk not to be completed in time ?

How do we want to join ITER experiments? Desire for discussion by PLs on: “ITER needs to be a success and the commission will see this. Our strategy?”

Speaker: Marco Wischmeier (EUROfusion PMU)

11 WPTE: FP10 and activities in 26-27 towards the future

Duration: 20'+10'

Topics:

Analysis of the BEST research plan by the PLs/TFLs and recommendation of items that WP/TFLs consider essential and/or beneficial to the long term scientific programme, beyond FP9, in view of the available time lines for JT-60SA, DTT and ITER. What can we gain in BEST for the benefit of the EU programme and importantly the EU preparation for ITER exploitation?

Long-term exploitation of JET data and participation of non EU/private partners: i.e. JET (D-T) data analysis strategy to be proposed and for discussion;

Long term strategy on documentation/reproducibility and Data Management Plan interaction (for JET and other TE devices)

Strategy for international collaboration (EU-US/EU-KR/EU-China) (here might also be EU-CA and EU-India) ; e.g. role of SPARC for progress in SSRLs  (even independently of any possibility for EUROfusion itself to collaborate with SPARC) ?

JT-60SA - issues to reach a W-compatible divertor plasma solution

Speakers: Emmanuelle Tsitrone (CEA), Dr Nicola Vianello (ENEA)

12 WPSTEL: FP10 and activities in 26-27 towards the future

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

DSM [Design Structure Matrix] Analysis

W7-X will potentially not be a full-W device, but another “German” machine. Items for discussion.

Speaker: Marcin Jakubowski (IPP)

13 WPPWIE: FP10 and activities in 26-27 towards the future

Duration: 15'+10'

Topics:

Issues to reach a W-compatible divertor plasma solution

Strategy in the material selection and testing for W components

Discussion / proposal for a leaner management and reporting

Speaker: Sebastijan Brezinsek (FZJ)

10:20 Coffee break

14 WPTM: FP10 and activities in 26-27 towards the future

Duration: 20'+10'

Topics:

First high level inputs for FP10 related to WPTM

Structure discussion

Requirements for theory development and integration into programmatic activities

Real theory vs big data

Thoughts about the landscape private companies having integrated modelling as business case?

Development of TSVVs to be discussed.

Speaker: Xavier Litaudon

15 Digital solutions towards FP10

Duration: 15'+10'

Speaker: Frank Jenko

16 WPSA: FP10 and activities in 26-27 towards the future

Duration: 10'+5'

Topics:

Lessons learnt from JT-60SA enhancements to be applied to other future devices

Should there be an Enhancements WP?

Scheme of EU participation to JT-60SA; Science, Operations, Enhancements. Should/Will this go under EuF, or F4E, or hybrid?

How to keep competence and at the same time reinforce the operativity and the scientific output of the many subsystems in delivery to QST. The present status is that whatever subsystem has passed the acceptation phase (commissioning) is QST property and EU teams that developed it are treated as a normal user.

Speaker: Dr Carlo Sozzi (ENEA ISTP-CNR Milano)

17 General Discussion