en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (President Oh Young-kook, hereinafter referred to as KFE) held a kick-off meeting for the "Korean Innovative Fusion Reactor Design Technology Development Project" at its Daejeon headquarters on the 17th, announcing the official start of securing independent design capabilities for future fusion energy realization.
Approximately 70 people, including research teams and project-related personnel from KFE, InEnable Fusion, and Seoul National University, participated in this kick-off meeting. The meeting discussed the roadmap for the innovative fusion reactor design project, the current status of basic conceptual design completed to date, virtual fusion reactors, AI-based design technologies, and design directions for each core system. KFE plans to use this meeting as an opportunity to refine the collaboration system among participating institutions from the early design stage.
Previously, in March of this year, KFE established the "Innovative Fusion Reactor Design Division" through organizational restructuring, creating a dedicated organizational system for the design of the Korean innovative fusion reactor. This kick-off meeting serves as the first official discussion platform where the research promotion system led by the Design Division actually interfaces with project execution. The design project is part of the Ministry of Science and ICT's Fusion Plug-in Program, aiming to lay the foundation for transitioning to basic design and demonstration phases through the conceptual design of the Korean innovative fusion reactor.
The Korean innovative fusion reactor to be designed through this project is a next-generation fusion reactor targeting miniaturization and high performance. Based on KSTAR operational experience and fusion device technologies accumulated through participation in ITER, KFE plans to comprehensively design core plasma operation scenarios, the tokamak main system, auxiliary systems, in-vessel components, and the design integration system. Among these, virtual fusion reactors and AI-based design technologies will serve as core tools for pre-reviewing complex fusion reactor designs in a digital environment and rapidly analyzing the impact of design changes. KFE plans to use this to reduce design iteration processes and enhance overall system consistency.
Yang Hyung-le, Head of the Innovative Fusion Reactor Design Division, stated that this kick-off meeting is the first official discussion platform for researchers involved in the design of the Korean innovative fusion reactor to share the same goals and direction. He added that they will actively utilize virtual fusion reactors and AI-based design technologies to improve design completeness, laying the technical foundation to support the advancement of the fusion energy sector under the Korean Moonshot Project.
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