PORTUGAL - CFN

CENTRO DE FUSÃO NUCLEAR
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO

Avenida Rovisco Pais, P-1096-001 Codex Lisbon

Telephone: +351 21 8417696
Telefax: +351 21 8417819
E-mail: cfn@cfn.ist.utl.pt
URL:   http://www.cfn.ist.utl.pt

Directive Board

Cabral, José	E-mail: jcabral@cfn.ist.utl.pt
Manso, Maria Emília	E-mail: emilia@cfn.ist.utl.pt
Varandas, Carlos (President)	E-mail: cvarandas@cfn.ist.utl.pt

Experimental Physics Group

Cabral, José (Head)
Varandas, Carlos (Head)
Alonso, Manuel
Amorim, Pedro
Fernandes, Horácio

Figueiredo, Humberto
Gomes, Rui
Gonçalves, Bruno
Madeira, Teresa
Malaquias, Artur

Nedzelkij, Igor
Plyusnin, Vladislav
Silva, Carlos
Soares, Antonio

Microwave Diagnostic Group

Manso, Maria Emília (Head)
Serra, Fernando (Head)
Cupido, Luís
Hacquin, Sebastien

Meneses, Luís
Nunes, Isabel
Ribeiro, Tiago
Santos, Jorge

Silva, António
Silva, Filipe
Varela, Paulo
Vergamota, Sérgio

Non-inductive Current Drive Group

Bizarro, João (Head)
Belo, Jorge

Ferreira, Jorge
Figueiredo, António

Rodrigues, Paulo

Control and Data Acquisition Group

Varandas, Carlos (Head)
Batista, António
Carvalho, Bernardo
Chaves, Silvia

Combo, Alvaro
Correia, Carlos
Correia, Miguel
Graça, Silva

Pereira, Luis
Pereira, Rita
Rodrigues, António
Sousa, Jorge

Transport and MHD Activity Group

Serra, Fernando (Head)
Belo, Paula
Borba, Duarte

Coelho, Rui
Nabais, Fernando
Nave, Filomena

Salzedas, Francisco

Research activities:
The main research activities of `Centro de Fusão Nuclear' are:

1. Tokamak ISTTOK
2. Microwave reflectometry for fusion plasmas
3. Engineering systems and tools for fusion devices
4. Non-inductive current drive
5. Transport and MHD activity
6. Monitoring systems for laser in-vessel viewing systems
7. Study of turbulence on JET by correlation reflectometry

Funding sources and funding level

Portugal	3,700,000 (3.7 Million Euros)
Euratom	2,000,000 (2 Million Euros)
JET Joint Fund	216,000 Euros

Staffing Level (approx.)

PhD Researchers	15
MSc Researchers	19
Engineers and Physicists	15
Technicians	4
Administrative Staff	5