May 23 – 25, 2023
FTU, TLK and IAP
Europe/Berlin timezone

Scientific Program

Sessions and confirmed speakers for 24. & 25. May

Neutrino mass and atomic tritum source

  • Hamish Robertson, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
  • Sebastian Böser, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
  • Nicolo de Groot, Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Alec Lindman, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany
  • Michael Sturm, TLK, Germany
  • Marco Röllig, TLK, Germany

R&D on fuel cycle and tritium material interactions

  • Francisco A. Hernández González, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Alessia Santucci, ENEA, Frascati, Italy
  • George Ana, ICSI, Valcea, Romania
  • Christoph Kirchlechner, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Knut Asmis, University of Leipzig, Germany
  • Florian Priester, TLK, Germany

Tritium processing

  • Xavier Lefebrve, UKAEA, Culham, United Kingdom
  • Ian Castillo, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories,Chalk River, Canada
  • Robert Michling, ITER, St. Paul-lez-Durance, France
  • Stefan Welte, TLK, Germany

Tritium analytics and applications

  • Christian Grisolia, CEA, France
  • Helmut Telle, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Yuji Hatano, Hydrogen Isotope Research Center, University of Toyama, Japan
  • Robin größle, TLK, Germany

Tritium based industry and commercial fusion starts

  • Sandra Romanelli, Tokamak Energy, Abingdon, United Kingdom
  • Cermemonial act 23.05.2023

    Ceremonial Act, 23.05.2023

    FTU, Aula, B. 101

    • 10:00 COFFEE AND GET-TOGETHER
    • 10:30 WELCOME AND GREETINGS
    • Marc Weber (Head of Division 5, KIT), Oliver Kraft (Vice-President, KIT), Klaus Hesch (Head of FUSION Programme, KIT)
    • 10:45 30 YEARS OF TLK
    • Beate Bornschein – Head of TLK
    • 11:05 CHALLENGES IN THE TRITIUM FUEL CYCLE FOR THE DEMO REACTOR
    • Thomas Giegerich - EUROfusion DEMO Tritium-Fuelling-Vacuum Lead Engineer
    • 11:35 MEASUREMENT OF NEUTRINO MASS WITH TRITIUM BETA DECAY - WHERE DO WE STAND, WHERE CAN WE GO
    • Susanne Mertens – KATRIN Co-Spokesperson
    • 12:05 THE TRITIUM FUTURE
    • Magnus Schlösser – Deputy head of TLK
    • 12:30 TRANSFER TO TLK

    TLK, B.451/B. 452

    • 13:00 LUNCH AT TLK
    • 14:00 GUIDED TOURS AT TLK AND KATRIN AND COFFEE BREAK
    • 16:00 BARBECUE
  • Poster presentations

  • Oral presentations