Current Status of China Fusion Researches • The State Council Authority The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) join to ITER Negotiation (China will be as fully member join to ITER). •The ITERChina Work Group Suggest: China Fusion Materials Researches Join IFMIF Project ( Now Ongoing Discussions). •The domestic Fusion Budget will be increased 10% of total Budget of International Collaboration (Join ITER + Maybe Join IFMIF) SWiP FUSION MATERIALS PROGRAM IN CHINA xu Budget for Fusion Energy R & D The State Council--- Policy SDIC -- Made Budget Plan for every ministry and commission ( Also directly made budget plan for some large construction project (Such as HL-2A Tokamak construction <SWIP> NNSFC --- Include Fusion energy R & D MOST--- Include some key technology for fusion energy One Office will Consider China National Fusion Energy R&D Program ! SWiP FUSION MATERIALS PROGRAM IN CHINA xu Current Missions for Fusion Energy R & D On China Science and Technology Society Right Now, It is Discussing : TO Participate in International Research collaboration on Large Facility • What can we contribute to the Large Facility ? • What is the benefit from the collaboration for China? • How to adjust and reinforce domestic fusion research? SWiP FUSION MATERIALS PROGRAM IN CHINA xu National Devices -- Constructing and Designing HL - 2A Normal Tokamak (SWIP) First plasma December 1st , 2002 HT - 7U Super-conducting Tokamak (ASIPP) First plasma will be in the end of 2005 } Spherical Tokamak (Tsinghua University) SUNIST (Sino-united spherical tokamak) } Old Small Tokamak (TexT US) (Huazhong University) For Education SWiP FUSION MATERIALS PROGRAM IN CHINA xu FUSION MATERIALS PROGRAM IN CHINA Low active materials: Ferritic Steel (likely F82H and Eurofer97); V-alloys High Z PFM: W, W coating, LM Free Surface Blanket concept: Liquid Li/PbLi Alternative Solid breeder (now ongoing discussions) Matching with the needs of fusion research devices in China and Next DEMO fusion reactor SWiP FUSION MATERIALS PROGRAM IN CHINA xu Materials Research from 2003-2005 Total Budget: 9 million RMB (1$=8.27RMB) included China join ITER & IFMIF-related beforehand researches • PFM : Carbon basic material and tungsten • PFC: W/C, W/Cu, FGM, free liquid metal surface • Ferritic Steel • Vanadium alloys SWiP FUSION MATERIALS PROGRAM IN CHINA xu.