On December 4 - 14 the winter course EMTRAIC was held at the COMPASS Tokamak. This course is similar to the SUMTRAIC summer training course, however, it is organised for the students of the Erasmus Mundus Fusion Master Programme.
The European Master in Nuclear Fusion Science and Engineering Physics (FUSION-EP) is a unique programme in the EU by the combination of engineering sciences and a dedicated study of various disciplines of physics (http://www.em-master-fusion.org ).
The jointness/integration of FUSION-EP is evident from multiple components during the course
curriculum, in particular the joint modules. These include for the second master year students a
two-week Joint Experimentation and Analysis Session (EMTRAIC) on the COMPASS Tokamak in December at
IPP Prague and a two-week Joint Practicum in February at
CEA Cadarache
(France).
EMTRAIC 2017 was attended by 10 students from 9 countries divided into groups by topics. Each
group was supervised by 1 or 2 experts from the COMPASS staff. The training concluded by the
workshop, where the students presented achieved results. The topics were strongly related to the
current research programme of the COMPASS Tokamak such as:
- Runaway electron studies
- Measurements of heat fluxes with infrared camera
- Disruption studies
- Probe measurements
- Plasma response to Resonant Magnetic Perturbations
Photo: Michael Komm, IPP.
5 Dec 2017
