UK's Role in EUROfusion Programme: Insights from FP9 Info Meeting
Discover the United Kingdom's significant partnership in the EUROfusion programme through the insights shared during the FP9 Information Meeting on October 19, 2020. Dive into discussions on the UK's position, budget implications, and proposed actions, as well as organizational changes within EUROfusion work packages under the Project Management Unit led by Tony Donn.
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FP9 Information meeting Tony Donn FP9 Information meeting | 19 October 2020
Programme - Monday 19 October No Items Start End Time Who 1 Introduction: Programmatic & governance aspects 13:00 13:50 00:35 + 00:15 questions Tony Donn 2 Fusion Science Department Programme 13:50 14:15 00:15 + 00:10 questions Volker Naulin WP PWIE (Plasma Wall Interaction & Exhaust) 14:15 14:40 00:15 + 00:10 questions Sebastijan Brezinsek 3 Break 14:40 14:55 00:15 4 WP PrIO (Preparation of ITER Operation) 14:55 15:25 00:20 + 00:10 questions Xavier Litaudon 5 6 WP JT-60SA 15:25 15:50 00:15 + 00:10 questions Carlo Sozzi WP W7X 15:50 16:15 00:15 + 00:10 questions Andreas Dinklage Break 16:15 16:30 00:15 6 WP TE (Tokamak Exploitation) 16:30 17:10 00:20 + 00:20 questions Emmanuel Joffrin 7 DEMO Physics 17:10 17:40 00:20 + 00:10 questions Volker Naulin for Hartmut Zohm 8 Questions to the FSD PLs and TFLs 17:40 18:00 00:20 questions All Adjourn 18:00 Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Programme - Tuesday 20 October No Items Start End Time Who 1 Fusion Technology Department Programme 13:00 14:20 00:50 + 00:30 questions Gianfranco Federici 2 DEMO Project Organisation Highlights 14:20 15:00 00:30 + 00:10 questions Christoph Baylard Break 15:00 15:10 00:10 3 DEMO Work Breakdown Structure 15:10 15:45 00:20 + 00:15 questions Alice Beaumont 4 WPDES (Design Activity) Call 15:45 16:10 00:10 + 00:15 questions Alice Beaumont Break 16:10 16:20 00:10 5 Involvement of industry 16:20 16:50 00:15 + 00:15 questions 6 Calls for Participation (timetable and format) 16:50 17:25 00:10 + 00:25 questions Botond Meszaros 7 Questions to the FTD PLs 17:25 18:00 00:35 questions All Adjourn 18:00 Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
This talk Position of the UK Budget and actions to come to a reduced proposal Time line Organisational changes in EUROfusion Work packages under PMU Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
United Kingdom The UK is an important partner in the EUROfusion programme It would be ideal if the UK succeeds to become Associate partner to Euratom (similar to CH) Then everything stays more or less the same However, the UK contribution needs to be balanced If this is not possible, we continue working with the UK as International Partner to IPP Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
United Kingdom two options Option 1: UK Associates to Euratom Option 2: UK International Partner to IPP UK contributes ~100 M to Euratom for 5 years EUROfusion reimburses ~100 M to UK in 5 years UK collaborates with EUROfusion and reimburses its own activities and staff by ~100 M in 5 years Commission contribution to EUROfusion doesn t include budget for the UK Commission channels the UK contribution to EUROfusion Nothing changes and we continue to collaborate as now Basically the same work plan as in option 1, but the UK is responsible for its own activities
FP9 proposal based on the priorities of the European Fusion Roadmap Fusion Power Plants Medium-term Long-term Short-term ITER Research on Research on present and present and planned planned facilities, facilities, analysis and analysis and modelling modelling First plasma Full performance Commence construction Electricity production Consistent concept DEMO Material research facilities IFMIF/DONES Stellarator as fusion plant? Lower cost through concept improvements and innovations Milestone Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Roadmap priorities for FP9 Based on the achievements during Horizon 2020, the pan-European effort towards fusion electricity foresees a crucial step forward in the development of the Roadmap during Horizon Europe, with the following high-level objectives: 1. Construct and commission ITER this objective is the responsibility of ITER IO and the Domestic Agencies; 2. Secure the success of future ITER operation via preparation and early experiments; 3. Lay the foundation of a DEMO fusion power plant (DEMO Conceptual Design Activity); 4. Finalise the design and construct a fusion spectrum neutron source (IFMIF-DONES) this objective is not fully in the hands of EUROfusion; 5. Advance the stellarator as an alternate approach to power plants; 6. Prepare the ITER and DEMO generations of scientists, engineers and operators; 7. Promote innovation and European industry competitiveness in fusion technology and beyond. Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Remarks from the FP8 evaluation panel report In the latter stages of Horizon 2020 the Consortium should put more emphasis on the transition to a DEMO and a technology programme, and this should be better reflected in the budget allocation for these activities. It is important to understand that fusion must from now on have an adequate project orientation, especially on DEMO development paths, which means that only those results that are relevant for the goal should be further pursued. Other avenues, even if scientifically of interest in themselves, should be dropped from continued programme support. The Panel would like to emphasise that, even though the DEMO programme is at a definition stage, these activities will need to be expanded in due time to reach the level of ambition presented by the Roadmap. Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Lets talk about the budget The latest version of the FP9 proposal is the one distributed to GA in July: Budget plan (as of 02.09.2020): Total resources 1,439.03M Shortly before the GA we were informed about the budget cut: Euratom budget (cut 17.5%): EC resources 562.00M Therefore we should now target a proposal with a lower budget (562/0.55 + 5%): Target EUROfusion: Total resources 1,072.91M Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Main actions towards a reduced proposal 1. Remove the UK (including JET) from the budget proposal As at this point we will not have certainty on an Associate Membership of the UK. We will keep the UK in the written proposal, but we need to clearly mark their contributions and have the UK budget separated Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Brexit correction all numbers are in total resources UK resources taken out from the budget plan (212.6M ) JET Enhancements 5.580M PEX MAST-I 2.983M PEX MAST-II 13.143M MAST-U Operation 16.896M JET Operation 161.354M RM-PHMTF Facility 9.651M RM-HPTF Facility 3.040M Note 1: scientific exploitation of MAST and JET is still in the work programme Note 2: JET is still operated for most of 2021 under NJOC contract Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Main actions towards a reduced proposal 1. Remove the UK (including JET) from the budget proposal As at this point we will not have certainty on an Associate Membership of the UK. We will keep the UK in the written proposal, but we need to clearly mark their contributions and have the UK budget separated 2. Correct for COVID delays Shifting some deliverables from FP8 (~27 M ) into FP9, means that the FP9 activities can only start a little later Note that we still need to have an FP8 AWP21-22 and reporting + amendment of Grant Agreement 3. Critically review all elements in the proposal w.r.t. their importance for ITER operation and DEMO design (i.e. the main roadmap goals) Take out elements that do not align with the main priorities Details in the FSD and FTD presentations Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Revised 2021-2025 Budget Plan 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Grand Total 99,738.29 13,147.96 5,571.90 2,001.09 6,996.15 21,145.50 5,265.42 4,354.49 3,683.02 16,393.14 2,106.60 5,957.12 6,313.92 3,532.85 513.64 2,755.50 88,234.54 12,969.00 6,272.36 4,024.20 10,137.26 2,698.33 37,763.60 14,369.79 18,663.29 250.00 14,587.50 3,475.79 350.00 23,068.00 23,068.00 229,704.11 tot. resources 1,110,150.76 55% Euratom contr. 610,582.92 CC 2021-25 562 712,528.81 64.2% FTD 73,473.27 15,236.63 3,891.67 1,770.74 3,212.43 9,629.29 5,095.55 2,763.53 5,496.79 13,022.11 1,347.25 5,550.10 1,936.65 2,060.78 513.64 1,946.11 69,815.18 6,815.75 6,234.86 4,075.30 9,199.47 3,273.79 37,192.73 3,023.28 17,091.18 250.00 13,638.75 2,852.43 350.00 18,380.00 18,380.00 178,759.63 98,587.17 18,201.87 7,707.65 2,626.09 5,409.99 10,028.12 7,799.95 3,416.99 7,705.02 15,627.75 1,476.24 6,659.18 3,149.89 2,735.29 513.64 5,529.49 88,760.95 7,651.75 6,272.36 4,421.31 8,738.46 2,698.33 47,366.79 11,611.96 18,198.82 250.00 14,100.00 3,498.82 350.00 21,310.00 21,310.00 226,856.94 106,130.67 13,986.33 5,046.65 2,626.09 6,019.96 22,915.10 7,465.14 3,416.99 4,983.26 17,010.21 2,489.56 6,757.71 3,461.90 3,793.71 593.64 5,564.43 90,404.44 8,142.40 6,272.36 4,430.82 9,163.73 4,178.33 43,301.95 14,914.84 18,654.98 250.00 14,467.50 3,587.48 350.00 23,068.00 23,068.00 238,258.08 101,673.62 13,437.63 3,409.74 2,001.09 6,820.56 27,201.62 5,542.30 3,416.99 2,877.53 16,813.27 3,019.92 5,766.88 3,535.83 3,784.20 513.64 3,532.43 93,147.01 11,145.55 6,272.36 4,311.27 10,241.89 4,178.33 42,396.21 14,601.40 18,683.36 250.00 14,587.50 3,495.86 350.00 23,068.00 23,068.00 236,571.99 479,603.01 74,010.42 25,627.60 11,025.10 28,459.09 90,919.62 31,168.35 17,368.99 24,745.63 78,866.49 10,439.57 30,690.99 18,398.18 15,906.83 2,648.21 19,327.95 430,362.12 46,724.45 31,324.31 21,262.90 47,480.80 17,027.13 208,021.27 58,521.26 91,291.63 1,250.00 71,381.25 16,910.38 1,750.00 108,894.00 108,894.00 1,110,150.76 BB BoP DC DES DIV ENS HCD MAG MAT PES PRD RM SAE SES TFV FSD AC ENR PrIO PWIE SA TE W7X PMU COMM PMU PMU-Mgmt TT TRED TRED Grand Total 610,582.92 562 Target 1,021.82 51.09 1,072.91 5% Getting to a budget and funding rates that match the EC contribution and the 55% funding rate is not an easy task Important in this exercise is also that all Beneficiaries will have a budget that is reasonably in line with the countries contribution to Euratom
Next steps Adapting FP9 plan as well as funding rules to make them compatible with the budget provided by the Commission Checking the approximate budget that goes to individual countries to see whether nobody has to perish If so, try to help the labs to convert to activities that are aligned with the priorities of the roadmap We are now working since 2014 with the fusion roadmap as guideline. I would expect that there has been already sufficient time for adapting Negotiate with the UK on their contributions to the WP21-25 Adapting the text of the FP9 proposal (clearly earmarking UK activities/deliverables) Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Time line Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Towards a new governance 1/2 Management assessment by Ernst & Young (2016) Too many scientists in the PMU Not enough Project Management experience Project Leaders are in general not properly supported by their home labs Concept of Lead Beneficiaries in which Project Leaders are supported by a Project Support Office A Project Management Office under the Programme Manager Reducing the size of the Fusion Science and Technology Departments
Towards a new governance 2/2 Many of the people to work in PMU from 2021 onwards have been selected Programme Manager Senior Advisor Secretariat Intern. Collaboration Officer Legal Advisor New office to coordinate the Project Management aspects with the PSOs Local Project Support in the Lead Beneficiaries Training and Education Officer Communication Office Project Support Office Project Management Office Fusion Technology Department Coordinator Unit Slimmed down depts with limited number of high- level scientists Fusion Science Department Administration Department New group with ~20-25 FTE engineers/ Scientists DEMO Central Team
Towards modified work packages EUROfusion Programme Management International Collaborations Communication COMM Training and Education TRED Administration Fusion Science Fusion Technology Tokamak & Stellarator Exploitation Plasma Wall Interaction and Exhaust Theory & Simulation Enabling Research Early Neutron Source Prospective R&D DEMO Design TE AC ENR BB ENS PRD TT PWIE PMU SES SA BoP W7X DC PrIO DES DIV HCD MAG MAT PES This is not an organigram! RM SAE TFV
Work packages directly under PMU Training & Education EUROfusion Researcher & Engineering Grants (See next slide) Education Will be continued but calculation of contribution to each Beneficiary needs to be simplified Volume smaller as the UK will go out Question is whether we want to continue to fund IFE related PhD work (up to 10%) Technology Transfer (FUTTA will be continued as in FP8 Enabling Research (embedded in Fusion Science Department) will be continued as in FP8, but with smaller budget (as part moves into TSVV tasks) Four selection boards for the different categories no external referees Advanced Computing Hubs (under Fusion Science Department) Selection with involvement of E-TASC Scientific Board Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
Grant programme EUROfusion Engineering Grants Return of experience from FP8 shows that there is a shortage of skills in tokamak systems and plant design, nuclear design integration and safety. Concentrate Training of Engineers around a number of well defined projects/ facilities Align to HR needs of ITER project and DEMO Central Team This gives the grantees a higher chance to stay in fusion after their grant is finished Grants are not used to fill present gaps in work packages but are focused on a proper management of knowledge By creating networks it will become easier to also involve engineers from small laboratories. Since still preparation is needed, next call will be in spring 2021, for grants starting in 2022 EUROfusion Researcher Grants Programme will be continued as in FP8 with ~10 grants per year Next call in November for grants starting from 1-7-2021 onwards For the first call we envisage ~15 grants Tony Donn | FP9 Info meeting | 19 October 2020
