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

[Bill Pechey]

Dear all,

Just a quick reminder of this evening's talk.

Best wishes,

Bill.

Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 5:20:43 PM, I wrote:


> Dear all,

> You are being sent this reminder message because either you gave your
> email address at one of our previous lectures or you signed up on the
> web site associated with this email list:

> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/iee-ec3-news

> I have appended the details of our next lecture and hope to see you
> there.

> The lecture details are also on the IET website:

> https://events.theiet.org/events/ec3-maintenance-robotics-for-nuclear-fusion-taking-electronics-where-no-one-can-go-at-all/

> Please use the registration system mentioned on that page to give us
> an idea of numbers for catering but, don't worry if you forget, just
> turn up on the night.

> Best wishes,

> Bill Pechey
> IET Thames Valley Specialised Section

> ++++++++++

> 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