Visits

Visits to Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

2018

• 15^th – 26^th January – The visit was dedicated to tests of the upgraded Gamma Camera in the final installation position.

2017

• 06^th – 17^th November – The visit was dedicated to our participation in the “Analysis and Modelling Tasks 2017” T17-13 Disruptions and runaways.
• 10^th – 14^th October – Participation in the “General Planning Meeting”.
• 03^rd – 14^th July – The visit was dedicated to our participation in the “Analysis and Modelling Tasks” T17-07 DT scenario extrapolation.
• 15^th – 26^th May – The purpose of the visit was to replace the old CsI detectors with new LaBr₃ detectors in the vertical part of the Gamma-ray Cammera as well as conduct preliminary tests.
• 27^th March – 7^th April – The visit was dedicated to our participation in the “Analysis and Modelling Tasks 2017” T17-13 Disruptions and runaways.
• 13^th – 24^th March – The purpose of the visit was to replace the old CsI detectors with new LaBr₃ detectors in the horizontal part of the Gamma-ray Cammera as well as conduct preliminary tests.

2016

• 10^th – 21^st October – The visit was dedicated to our participation in the C36 experimental campaign, tasks M15-19 “Mitigation of run‐away with high Z” and M15-24 “Target discharge for TAEs in DTE2 and fast particle physics in all scenarios”.
• 18^th – 29^th July – The visit was dedicated to our participation in the C37 experimental campaign, tasks H16-06 “ICRH heating schemes in H plasmas” and H16-12 “Three-ion ICRF scenario development”.

Other visits

2017

• Karlsruhe 24^th – 27^th October – Participation in the “WPENS 4^th Technical Meeting”.
• Frascati 18^th – 21^st June – Participation in the “DTT Workshop” meeting.

2016

• Frascati 16^th – 19^th May – In Frascati at the ENEA Frascati Research Center, the scintillators were placed close to the Frascati Neutron Generator (FNG). It is a 14 MeV neutron generator based on the T(d,n)α fusion reaction. FNG produces up to 10¹¹ n/s in steady state or pulse mode. The purpose of this was to check how both setups work under high neutron flux conditions.
• Legnaro 22^nd – 25^th February – In Legnaro at the Legnaro National Laboratories (LNL), the scintillators were placed in a vacuum chamber with an aluminum target at which a 10 MeV proton beam was directed. The purpose of this was to check how both setups work under high counting rate conditions.
• Milan 16^th – 21^st February – Instituto di Fisica del Plasma “Piero Caldirola” Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IFP-CNR). The purpose of the visit was the comparison of two experimental setups and two scintillation crystals. A cerium bromide CeBr₃ and a lanthanum bromide LaBr₃, and a RC ciruit with a transimpedance amplifier (TIA). In Milan simple measurements with weak calibration sources, and JET-like measurements with LED were made.