ITALY - POLITO
DIPARTIMENTO DI ENERGETICA
POLITECNICO DI TORINO
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Torino
Telephone: +39 011 564 4400
Telefax: +39 011 564 4499
URL: http://www.polito.it
Research activities:
At present we are carrying out a program in both fusion plasma physics (plasma simulation, theoretical plasma physics), and fusion engineering and technology (magnets, neutron activation, safety assessment), with application to both present-day experiments and future machines (e.g., ITER, Ignitor). The following major undertakings can be identified:
- Edge plasma modelling and plasma-wall interactions (e.g., finite elements and adaptive numerical methods, analysis of limiter plasmas)
- Control of impurities in tokamaks (e.g., self-consistent edge-core modeling)
- Kinetic plasma simulation
- Magnetic reconnection
- Interaction of alpha particles with MHD modes
- Technology of superconducting magnets for fusion (e.g., development and validation of thermal-hydraulic codes Mithrandir and M&M, and of coupled electro-magnetic and thermal-hydraulic models of CICC)
- Low activation materials and waste management
- Risk and safety assessment of fusion reactors
Funding sources and level: Major funding sources over the past 4-5 years have been ENEA/EURATOM (EFDA) for ca. 150 kEuro/year, MURST for ca. 25 kEuro/year
1 Full Professor
2 Associate Professor
3 Assistant Professor
4 Postdoc
5 Ph.D. student
IAEA 2001
2001-10-31
