[IEE EC3 News] EC3 Lecture reminder - Maintenance Robotics for Nuclear Fusion - 22 February 2024

[Bill Pechey]

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Bill Pechey
IET Thames Valley Specialised Section

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Maintenance Robotics for Nuclear Fusion: Taking electronics where
no-one can go at all.

Emil Jonasson, Senior Robotics Research Engineer (Rad-hard and
Resilient systems) RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging
Environments), United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

More than 80 per cent of the world’s energy still comes from fossil
fuels. Climate change and diminishing fuel reserves mean the race is
on to find alternative, sustainable technologies to supply a growing
global population. With no greenhouse gas emissions, inherent safety
features and virtually limitless fuels, fusion has a key role to play
in the energy market of the future. In order to realise fusion’s
potential as a source of efficient, cost-effective and reliable
energy, robotic remote maintenance is a mission-critical capability:
reliable, fast intervention is necessary to maximise plant
availability and hence achieve commercial viability. One of the main
challenges of creating such remote maintenance systems is the high
ionising radiation present in and around a Fusion powerplant. This
talk describes the challenges of deploying electronic control systems
in areas which require 1000 times the ionising radiation tolerance of
state-of-the-art space components, lists ongoing research in the field
of extreme environment electronics, and presents exotic potential
solutions such as diamond-based electronics, NEMS devices, and
hollow-core optical fibres.

Lecture starts at 19:30. Tea/coffee available from 19:00.

Venue;
Van Emden Theatre
Edith Morley Building (No 1)
Whiteknights Campus,
University of Reading
RG6 6UR

Contact
Prof Richard Mitchell
r.j.mitchell at reading.ac.uk