WP PWIE Review Meeting 2026

16 Nov 2026, 08:30 → 20 Nov 2026, 12:30 Europe/Berlin

Salle des conseils (Arts et Métiers ParisTech - Campus d'Aix-en-Provence)

Conference venue

The conference is organized at the Campus Arts et Métiers d’Aix-en-Provence, 2, cours des Arts et Métiers, 13617 Aix-en-Provence

Conference room and remote connection

The meeting will take place in the Salle des Conseils of the Campus Arts et Métiers.

Remote connection will be made available for each day:

Monday's MS Teams link , Password: nH7Jz6CU

Tuesday's Zoom link , Password: 827171

Wednesday's MS Teams link , Password: 9uP3F7tN

Thursday's MS Teams link , Password: fL3cp2Au

Friday's MS Teams link , Password: oQ3HF9eL 

 

Transportation

Arrival by plane - How to reach the Campus Arts et Métiers d’Aix-en-Provence from the airport:

The Campus can be reached within one hour by public transportation from the Marseille airport (e.g. see here).

Arrival by car - Parking 

The Campus Arts et Métiers d’Aix-en-Provence has limited parking capabilities. Therefore, it is recommended to inform the local organizing committee to reserve a parking place.

Monday 16 November

13:00 → 13:30 Introduction

Speaker: Sebastijan Brezinsek (FZJ)

AM_PWIE_Brezinsek_16_11_2026.pptx

13:30 → 14:15 EUROfusion presentation

Speaker: Marco Wischmeier (EUROfusion PMU)

14:15 → 14:30 General Disscussion

14:30 → 15:00 WP DIV

14:30 W divertor technological development lead for W7X and JT60SA

Speaker: Marianne Richou (CEA/DSM/IRFM/SIPP/GCECFP)

15:00 → 15:05 Information about Tuesday’s tour

15:05 → 15:25 Coffee Break

15:25 → 17:40 SP A

15:25 SP A Overview (R)

Speaker: Jan Willem Coenen (Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH)

2026-10-16_WPPWIE_SPA_Report_final - large.pptx

16:10 In-vessel WEST components cracking: evolution and behaviour throughout the experimental campaigns

Speaker: Alan Durif (CEA)

16:35 Development of a workflow for modelling metallic PFC explosions under RE impacts (R)

Speaker: Svetlana Ratynskaia (VR)

17:00 Enhancement of the GLADIS facility – current work and future perspectives for plasma wall interaction

Speaker: Patrick Hegele (IPP)

17:25 Discussion SP A

Tuesday 17 November

08:00 → 09:30 Transfer to West

Bus transfer: Aix-en-Provence → CEA Cadarache, IRFM, Building 506
Pick-up at Bus stop « Arts et Métiers », in front of ENSAM (43°31'47.1"N 5°27'14.4"E).

09:30 → 12:15 West Talks & Tour

09:30 West exploration phase III

Speaker: Philippe Magaud (CEA/IRFM/SIPP)

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 West exploration discussion

Speaker: David Douai (CEA)

10:30 WP TE

Speaker: Antti Hakola (TEKES / VTT)

11:00 Torus Hall and Control Room visit

12:15 → 13:15 Lunch Break

Buffet, IRFM, Building 506

13:15 → 14:00 West Talks & Tour

13:15 Small groups visits

14:00 → 14:40 Transfer to ITER

Bus transfer: CEA Cadarache, IRFM, Building 506 → ITER Organisation, Entrance C

14:40 → 16:50 ITER talks & Tour

15:00 ITER Presentation

Speaker: Tom Wauters (LPP-ERM/KMS)

15:45 Tour

17:10 → 17:55 Transfer to Aix-en-Provence

Bus transfer: ITER Organisation, Entrance C → 13617 Aix-en-Provence

Wednesday 18 November

08:30 → 10:05 SP F

08:30 SP F Overview

Speaker: Andrei Goriaev (LPP-ERM-KMS)

09:15 Application of LID-QMS to quantify the D content in thin a-B:D layers

Speaker: Miroslaw Zlobinski (FZJ)

09:40 WEST efforts in characterizing glow discharge boronization in support to ITER operations

Speaker: Alberto Gallo (CEA)

10:05 → 10:20 Coffee Break

10:20 → 11:00 SP F

10:20 Investigation and comparison of boron layers fabricated in laboratory and fusion devices

Speaker: Arved Cedric Dorst (FZJ)

10:45 Discussion SP F

11:00 → 11:25 ERG Topic

11:00 Effect of boron coatings on hydrogen retention and isotope exchange

Speaker: Tomi Vuoriheimo (VTT)

11:25 → 12:10 SP B

11:25 SP B Overview

Speaker: Antti Hakola (TEKES / VTT)

12:10 → 13:40 Lunch Break

13:40 → 15:10 SP B

13:40 Erosion and re-deposition results from WEST including the high-fluence campaigns

Speaker: Mathilde Diez (CEA)

14:05 Production of W and mixed W-B layers with different morphologies

Speaker: Federico Gaspari (ENEA)

14:30 Erosion investigations on MAGNUM-PSI and UPP

Speaker: Thomas Morgan (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research)

14:55 Discussion SP B

15:10 → 15:25 Coffee Break

15:25 → 17:40 SP D

15:25 SP D Overview

Speaker: Andreas Kirschner (FZJ)

16:10 Plasma background and erosion modelling for GyM

Speaker: Gabriele Alberti (ENEA)

16:35 Impact of turbulent SOL fluctuations on tungsten sources in ASDEX Upgrade

Speaker: Henri Kumpulainen (FZJ)

17:00 W sources and migration simulations for COMPASS-U with SOLPS-ITER, ERO2.0 and kinetic modelling

Speaker: David Tskhakaya (IPP-CR)

17:25 Discussion SP D

Thursday 19 November

08:30 → 11:00 SP C

08:30 SP C Overview (R)

Speaker: Klaus Schmid (IPP)

09:15 Grain boundary permeation of deuterium in Tungsten by Hydrogenography

Speaker: Fahrudin Delic (MPG)

09:40 Understanding the influence of Re on displacement damage in W at high temperatures using D-loading and TEM

Speaker: Mikhail Zibrov (IPP)

10:05 Coffee Break

10:20 MD/DFT potential development for W/Cu and W/Re systems

Speaker: Yves Ferro (CEA)

10:45 Discussion SP C

11:00 → 12:00 WPs: WP TM- TSVVs related to PWIE

11:00 TSVV D

Speaker: Dmitry Matveev (Forschungszentrum Juelich)

11:20 TSVV E

Speaker: Guido Ciraolo (CEA, IRFM)

11:40 TSVV K

Speaker: Dmitriy Borodin (FZJ)

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 14:00 WPs: WP STEL

13:30 WP STEL

Speaker: Chandra Prakash Dhard (IPP)

WPSTEL-WPPWIE_2026-CPDhard.pdf

WPSTEL-WPPWIE_2026-CPDhard.pptx

14:00 → 16:30 SP E

14:00 SP E Overview

Speaker: Jari Likonen (VTT)

14:45 Data analysis of JET and VTT LIBS experiments

Speaker: Salvatore Almaviva (ENEA)

15:10 Coffee Break

15:25 He and D retention in bulk-W lamellae from the JET divertor measured by laser-induced desorption with melting

Speaker: Miroslaw Zlobinski (FZJ)

15:50 SP-E activities at UKAEA

Speaker: Eugene Zayachuk (UKAEA)

16:15 Discussion SP E

18:30 → 21:30 Dinner

https://lesartistes-aix.com/
35 Place François Villon, 13100 Aix-en-Provence

Friday 20 November

08:30 → 11:25 SP X

08:30 SP X Overview

Speaker: Ivo Classen (DIFFER)

09:15 Direct measurements of the rovibrational distribution of H2 in Magnum-PSI using a CARS diagnostic (R)

Speaker: Kay Schutjes (DIFFER)

09:40 Application of line shape measurements in the linear plasma device PSI-2 as a benchmark of hydrogen plasma chemistry (R)

Speaker: Vladislav Kotov (FZJ)

10:05 Coffee Break

10:20 High-Resolution Deuterium depth profiling in Tungsten using femtosecond laser-assisted diagnostics

Speaker: Shweta Soni (MPG)

10:45 Isotopologue-sensitive D depth profiling with combined ps-LIBS and LIA-QMS

Speaker: Christoph Kawan (FZJ)

11:10 Discussion SP X

11:25 → 11:40 Summary

11:40 → 12:00 Closing Status & Future State Briefing

Speaker: Zahra Chitgar (FZJ)