The lectures will cover the following topics:
Week 1 (9 - 12 February 2026)
- Components and subsystems of a tokamak fusion power plant
- Tokamak plasma confinement and equilibrium, scrape-off layer and divertor
- Plasma auxiliary heating and current drive
- Tokamak magnets
- Materials – effects of irradiation on engineering properties and design options
- Corrosion and material compatibility
- Fuelling and pellet injection
- Tokamak diagnostics and reactor control
- Responsible use of modelling and simulation
- Manufacturing technologies, codes and standards
- Structural integrity and design criteria
Part 2 (2 - 5 March 2026)
- Spherical tokamaks and STEP
- Tritium breeding blanket and first wall design
- Fluids and heat transfer
- Vacuum technology and calculations, cryopumping and cryoplant
- Remote maintenance
- Balance of Plant (Rankine cycle, Brayton cycle), energy storage, integration with electricity grid
- Responsible research and innovation in fusion engineering. Regulation. Proliferation.
- Safety principles and radiation protection
- Generation, minimisation, management and disposal of radioactive waste.
- Case studies in fusion engineering
