WPMAG EUROfusion Final Meeting

14 Jan 2026, 07:00 → 16 Jan 2026, 17:45 Europe/Zurich

SZ-OSGA/6b (Paul Scherrer Institute )

The Swiss Plasma Center (EPFL-SPC) will be hosting the WPMAG Eurofusion Final Meeting from January 14th to January  16^th, 2025 at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)  Switzerland.

 

On behalf of the scientific organization committee:

Valentina Corato, EUROfusion

 

local organizing committee represented by:

Kamil Sedlak, EPFL

Nadja Zingg, EPFL

 

 

Wednesday 14 January

09:00 → 09:15 Welcome

Speaker: Kamil Sedlak (EPFL)

09:15 → 09:45 Update on WPMAG

Speaker: Valentina Corato (ENEA)

09:45 → 10:15 Update on DCT

Speaker: Lorenzo Giannini

10:15 → 10:40 Deliverable on 2025 CEA TF-WP4 and CS designs

MAG-S.01.01-T024-D001/D002

Speaker: Alexandre Torre (CEA)

10:40 → 11:00 Deliverable on 2025 CEA Industrial study and conductor procurement

MAG-S.01.01-T024-D003/D004

Speaker: Alexandre Torre (CEA)

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 11:45 3D Mechanical Modelling of the DEMO Low Aspect Ratio TF coil 2025

MAG-S.01.01-T026-D001

Speaker: Silvia Garitta (CEA)

11:45 → 12:05 HTS SULTAN Design and manufacturing

MAG-S.01.01-T027-D001/D002

Speaker: Clément Nguyen Thanh Dao (CEA)

12:05 → 12:25 WP4 SULTAN Design and manufacturing

MAG-S.01.01-T028-D001/D002

Speaker: Clément Nguyen Thanh Dao (CEA)

12:25 → 12:40 Deliverable on 2025 CEA electromagnetic calculations – Magnetic field calculations on hybrid HTS/LTS and ITER-like CS designs, and update of TF WP#4 (new baseline).

MAG-S.01.01-T029-D001

Speaker: Alexandre Torre (CEA)

12:40 → 13:40 Lunch

OASE

13:40 → 13:55 Assessment of modelling needs and numerical tools for non-insulated or partially insulated HTS magnets

MAG-S.01.01-T030-D001

Speaker: Marco Breschi

13:55 → 14:10 Development of a synthetic database for CORC® cables

MAG-S.01.01-T030-D002

Speaker: Fabio Breschi

14:10 → 14:30 CS coil preconceptual design and electromagnetic analysis for the 2024 DEMO baseline

MAG-S.01.01-T031-D001/D003

Speaker: Jack Greenwood (EPFL - EPF Lausanne)

14:30 → 14:50 PF coil preconceptual design and electromagnetic analysis for the 2024 DEMO baseline

MAG-S.01.01-T031-D002/D004

Speaker: Thomas Nes (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

14:50 → 15:05 Continuation of the TF coil design with SMART insulating materials

MAG-S.01.01-T031-D005

Speaker: Dr Mattia Ortino (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

15:05 → 15:20 Report on the alternative design for VNS TF coils

MAG-S.01.01-T032-D001

Speaker: Di Zenobio Aldo (ENEA)

15:20 → 15:35 Thermal-hydraulic analysis on VNS TF conductor

MAG-S.01.01-T032-D002

Speaker: Roberto Bonifetto (05-PoliTo)

15:35 → 16:05 Coffee Break

16:05 → 16:20 Analysis of new baseline and partial- or non-insulated coils

MAG-S.01.03-T020-D003

Speaker: Roberto Bonifetto (05-PoliTo)

16:20 → 16:35 Model and analysis of quench experiments in SULTAN.

MAG-S.01.03-T020-D004

Speaker: Andrea Zappatore (05-PoliTo)

16:35 → 16:50 MC simulations of the neutron volumetric load on TF coils

MAG-S.01.03-T030-D001

Speaker: Federico Ledda

16:50 → 17:05 Thermohydraulics analysis of the cooling system of TF coils

MAG-S.01.03-T030-D002

Speaker: Martina Casciello (05-PoliTo)

Thursday 15 January

09:00 → 09:15 Thermal – hydraulic analysis of the DEMO winding packs (2025)

MAG-S.01.03-T031-D001

Speaker: Monika Lewandowska (03-WPUT)

09:15 → 09:30 Deliverable on 2025 CEA thermo-hydraulic analyses – Impact of hydraulic boundary conditions on CS operation

MAG-S.01.03-T027-D001

Speaker: Benoit Lacroix (CEA)

09:30 → 09:45 Deliverable on Coordination of Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis

MAG-S.01.03-T028-D001

Speaker: Sylvie Nicollet (CEA)

09:45 → 10:15 Deliverable on 2025 CEA thermo-hydraulic analyses

MAG-S.01.03-T029-D001/D002/D003

Speaker: Quentin Le Coz (CEA)

10:15 → 10:40 2025 Coordination of the mechanical analysis groups in WPMAG and Preliminary engineering design of the main structures of the magnet system

MAG-S.01.04-T002-D002/D003

Speaker: Daniela Boso ((01-RFX))

10:40 → 10:55 Preliminary clamp design and submodeling for TF Busbars

MAG-S.01.04-T020-D001

Speaker: Corrado Groth (04-UnivTorVergata)

10:55 → 11:25 Coffee Break

11:25 → 11:40 Mechanical analysis of the 2024 CS coil designs (SPC variant)

MAG-S.01.04-T021-D001

Speaker: Jack Greenwood (EPFL - EPF Lausanne)

11:40 → 11:55 Mechanical analysis of the 2024 PF coil designs (SPC variant)

MAG-S.01.04-T021-D002

Speaker: Thomas Nes (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

11:55 → 12:10 MAG-S.01.04-T022-D001

Thermo-mechanical analyses and tests on laser welding process

Speaker: Rafal Ortwein (07-IFJ PAN)

12:10 → 12:25 Advanced finite element modeling to support the experimental test

MAG-S.01.04-T023-D001

Speaker: Giorgetti Francesco (ENEA)

12:25 → 12:40 Lumped parameter circuit model for hysteresis losses in sector shaped HTS cables.

MAG-S.01.06-T012-D001

Speaker: Laura Savoldi (05-PoliTo)

12:40 → 13:00 CS margin exploration with quasi isobaric loop and Cold end architecture to gain margin

MAG-S.02.01-T005-D001
MAG-S.02.01-T006-D001/D002

Speaker: Francois Bonne (CEA)

13:00 → 14:00 lunch

14:00 → 14:15 2025 Theoretical studies on the quench detection system

MAG-S.02.02-T007-D001

Speaker: Antonio Maffucci

14:15 → 14:30 Investigation of the voltage distribution across and within each TF coil during various electrical transients

Speaker: Giuseppe Messina (ENEA)

14:30 → 14:45 Updates on EU-CN collaboration

Speaker: Richard Kamendje

14:45 → 15:00 EU-CN: Deliverable on 2025 CEA CORC Conductor Performances Analyses

MAG-S.01.01-T025-D001

Speaker: Alexandre Torre (CEA)

15:00 → 15:15 EU-CN: Electromagnetic-Mechanical Modelling of CS ReBCO CORC-CICC 2025

MAG-S.01.04-T016-D002

Speaker: Arend Nijhuis (01-UT)

15:15 → 15:30 EU-CN: Model and analysis of HTS performance degradation after quench.

MAG-S.01.06-T009-D003

Speaker: Andrea Zappatore (Politecnico di Torino)

15:30 → 15:45 EU-CN Analysis of AC losses and thermal – hydraulic simulations (2025)

MAG-S.01.06-T013-D001

Speaker: Monika Lewandowska (03-WPUT)

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee Break

16:15 → 16:30 EU-CN: REBCO tape mechanical loading tests and Ic

MAG-T.01.01-T030-D002

Speaker: Arend Nijhuis (01-UT)

16:30 → 16:45 EU-CN: Preliminary test in LN2_2025

MAG-T.01.01-T045-D002

Speaker: Andrea Masi (ENEA)

16:45 → 17:00 EU-CN: X-ray microtomography analysis of full-length HTS conductor prototype and electrical termination samples developed under the EU-China collaboration

MAG-T.01.01-T046-D001

Speaker: Ion Tiseanu (01-NILPRP)

17:00 → 17:15 EU-CN: Survey and tests on stainless steel

MAG-T.01.01-T050-D003

Speaker: Klaus Weiss (KIT)

19:00 → 21:00 Social Dinner

Friday 16 January

09:00 → 09:15 Deliverable on 2025 CEA magnetization test activities.

MAG-T.01.01-T042-D001

Speaker: Quentin Le Coz (CEA)

09:15 → 09:30 Purchase of a FIB-SEM equipped with EDS, EBSD and laser ablation chamber.

MAG-T.01.01-T043-D001

Speaker: Angelo Vannozzi (ENEA)

09:30 → 09:45 AC losses and interfilament resistance measurements of unpatterned and commercially filamentized REBCO tapes

MAG-T.01.01-T043-D002

Speaker: Achille Angrisani Armenio (ENEA)

09:45 → 10:00 Measurements with the Magneto-Opical Imaging with an Indicator Film (MOIF) of REBCO tapes

MAG-T.01.01-T043-D003

Speaker: Francesco Laviano (05-PoliTo)

10:00 → 10:15 Design and materials procurement and Critical current measurements

MAG-T.01.01-T044-D001/D002

Speaker: Achille Angrisani Armenio (ENEA)

10:15 → 10:30 X-ray Tomography Analysis of Short-Length HTS DEMO Conductors with different architectures

MAG-T.01.01-T047-D001

Speaker: Ion Tiseanu (01-NILPRP)

10:30 → 10:45 Cabling of various RW cable prototypes

MAG-T.01.01-T048-D004

Speaker: Xabier Sarasola (EPFL)

10:45 → 11:15 Coffe Break

11:15 → 11:30 SULTAN test of ENEA HTS sample SECAS 1

MAG-T.01.01-T048-D006

Speaker: Dr Mattia Ortino (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

11:30 → 11:45 SULTAN test of Lasso 2 coil impregnated by water

MAG-T.01.01-T048-D009

Speaker: Nikolay Bykovskiy (EPFL)

11:45 → 12:00 Hydraulic tests

MAG-T.01.01-T049-D001

Speaker: Monika Lewandowska (03-WPUT)

12:00 → 12:15 Mechanical and electro-mechanical tests

MAG-T.01.01-T050-D001

Speaker: Nadezda Bagrets (KIT)

12:15 → 12:30 Manufacture of the C-profiles and production of approx. 3 times 100 m empty jacketfor laser welding demonstration

MAG-T.02.01-T004-D001/D002

Speaker: Xabier Sarasola (EPFL)

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 13:45 CORC-CICCs Ic and Rc under 77K cyclic loading in Twente Press

MAG-T.01.01-T029-D002

Speaker: Arend Nijhuis (01-UT)

13:45 → 14:00 Manufacture of the EDIPO II subscale coil

MAG-T.04.01-T003-D001

Speaker: Jack Greenwood (EPFL - EPF Lausanne)

14:00 → 14:25 Double pancake Design, procurement and quench testing

MAG-T.04.02-T002-D001/D002/D003

Speaker: Nikolay Bykovskiy (EPFL)

14:25 → 14:40 HTS model coil activity at University of Seville

Speaker: Manuel Garzia Munoz (Uni. Seville)

14:40 → 14:55 Scalable HTS coils for TRUST experimental fusion device: Design and Manufacturing at Tuscia University

Speaker: Giuseppe Calabro (17-UniTuscia)

14:55 → 15:10 Presentation on collaboration activities at UKAEA

Speaker: Min Liao (UKAEA)

15:10 → 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 → 15:55 Updates on Prospective R&D

Speaker: Gaetano Bongiovì

15:55 → 16:10 Mechanical Analysis of Helias 5-B Magnet system

Speaker: Daniel Louis Arthur Biek (EPFL)

16:10 → 16:25 Radiation tolerance of technical superconductors

PRD-3.HTS.01-T021-D001

Speaker: Michael Eisterer (OEAW)

16:25 → 16:40 Investigation of AC loss in filamentized coated conductor tapes 4 mm and 12 mm wide, with the filaments of 500 µm and 250 µm, prepared by industrial process

PRD-3.HTS.01-T022-D001

Speaker: Fedor Goemoery (CU)

16:40 → 16:55 Impact of neutron and secondary radiation on HTS determined by Monte Carlo and atomistic simulations

PRD-3.HTS.01-T023-D001

Speaker: Federico Ledda

16:55 → 17:10 Feasibility study of the system for transport measurements during cryogenic gamma irradiation

PRD-3.HTS.01-T023-D002

Speaker: Valentina Pinto (ENEA)

17:10 → 17:25 Report om HTS neutron irradiation studies - 2025

PRD-3.HTS.01-T024-D001

Speaker: Ivan Duran (IPP.CR)

17:25 → 17:40 Presentation on the irradiation activity at CIEMAT

Speaker: Teresa Puig (CIEMAT)

17:40 → 17:45 Conclusion