Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe – 30 years – 23rd May 2023

Tuesday May 23, 2023, 10:00 AM → 7:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Aula (FTU, B.101)

We cordially invite you to the celebration of 30th anniversary of TLK on May 23rd, 2023 at KIT campus north. The day starts with a ceremonial act at the FTU with highlights from the last 30 years, current challenges and our view of the future. In the afternoon, we show you, what has been achieved in guided lab tours. The day ends with a barbecue at the TLK where you can meet former, current and future colleagues, partners and collaborators.  

As we prepare to make the final arrangements, please help us by registering until May 1st, 2023 via this indico page. 

The event is free of charge for invited guests. 

We are looking forward to celebrate our anniversary with you. 

Dr. Beate Bornschein, on behalf of the TLK 

 

Links with further information about TLK

• Official website
• TLK Twitter profile
• TLK Instagram profile
• TLK Mastodon profile

Sponsors

We thank our sponsors for their generous support of our event!

 

 

 

 

10:00 AM → 12:30 PM Ceremonial act: Ceremonial act at FTU

10:00 AM Coffee and Get-Together

10:30 AM Welcome and Greetings

Speakers: Prof. Ralph Engel (Director of IAP, KIT), Prof. Oliver Kraft (Vice-President, KIT), Prof. Marc Weber (Head of Division 5, KIT), Dr Klaus Hesch (Head of FUSION Programme, KIT), Prof. Anke-Susanne Müller (Director of IBPT, spokesperson of KCETA, KIT)

10:45 AM 30 Years of TLK

Speaker: Dr Beate Bornschein (Head of TLK)

11:05 AM Challenges in the Tritium Fuel Cycle for the DEMO Reactor

Speaker: Dr Thomas Giegerich (EUROfusion DEMO Tritium-Fuelling-Vacuum Lead Engineer)

11:35 AM Measurement of Neutrino Mass with Tritium Beta Decay - Where do we stand, where can we go?

Speaker: Prof. Susanne Mertens (KATRIN Co-Spokesperson, TUM)

12:05 PM The Tritium Future

Speaker: Dr Magnus Schlösser (Deputy head of TLK, KIT)

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Transfer to TLK

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch at TLK

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM Guided tours

4:00 PM → 7:00 PM Barbecue