66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

ORNL researchers will be delivering presentations at the following dates, times, and locations. Learn more about each presentation and read the abstract by clicking the presentation title below, or click the researcher names to see their ORNL staff profile. 

ORNL researchers will also be presenting at many of the poster sessions throughout the conference – see the APS DPP scientific program for more information.

Monday, Oct. 7

• 2:00-2:12 p.m., Hanover Hall C: Jae-Sun Park – Mitigation approaches for the unprecedented SPARC divertor fluxes
• 2:20-2:35 p.m., International Ballroom South: Yashika Ghai – Surrogate model of energetic particle transport in reactor-relevant fusion devices
• 4:05-4:20 p.m., International Ballroom South: Jin Myung Park – IPS-FASTRAN integrated modeling for tokamak pulse simulation and fusion pilot plant design
• 4:12-4:24 p.m., Hanover Hall C: Matthew Beidler – Modeling resilience of fusion blankets to tokamak disruptions

Tuesday, Oct. 8

• 9:30-9:42 a.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Morgan Shafer – Addressing the integrated tokamak exhaust and performance gap on DIII-D

Wednesday, Oct. 9

• 10:18-10:30 a.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Keisuke Fujii – A scaling law of the neutral opacity and Balmer-⍺ wing shape in high-temperature plasmas
• 2:36-2:48 p.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Tim Younkin – Time-dependent simulation of erosion and migration of tungsten during ELMs with GITR
• 4:36-4:48 p.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Curt Johnson – Advancing understanding of plasma facing component erosion in fusion devices: Insights from optical diagnostics and reflections
• 4:48-5:00 p.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Davis Easley – Predictive outlook for experiments resolving prompt vs local redeposition of high-Z materials in tokamaks

Thursday, Oct. 10

• 12:18-12:30 p.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Andreas Wingen – Development and validation of non-axisymmetric heat flux simulations with 3D fields using the HEAT code
• 3:36-3:48 p.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Jeffrey Herfindal – Optimization of initial SPI injection composition for ITER’s staggered SPI mitigation scheme
• 6:30-8:00 p.m., Regency Ballroom V: ITER Town Hall chaired by Chuck Greenfield featuring Kathy McCarthy (Director, US ITER) and Alberto Loarte (Head of Science Division, ITER Organization)

ORNL Night at Max Lager's – There will be an informal networking and social event for ORNL staff and affiliates at starting at 8 p.m. (following the ITER Town Hall) at Max Lager's Wood-Fired Grill & Brewery. All are welcome, but if you would like to attend, please indicate your interest on this form so the organizers can get a rough estimate of attendance.

Friday, Oct. 11

• 11:54 a.m.-12:06 p.m., Hanover Hall D-E: Kyungjin Kim – Coupled core, edge pedestal and SOL modeling in super H-mode experiments on DIII-D