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RTC meeting
by TSITRONE Emmanuelle Jan. 12, 2026

Jan. 12, 2026

Dear RTC, This is a kind reminder for our meeting on Jan 15, following the email of V. Igochine sent on Dec 16. The objective of the meeting is to : * Remind how WP TE works and what is expected from RTCs from the organizational point of view * Share the high priority objectives of the WP TE programme for 26-27 * Get feedback from the RTC team on possible improvements You will find below the connection details and a provisional agenda. Looking forward to discussing with you and wishing you all a very good and successful year 2026, Best regards, Emmanuelle for WP TE TFL Agenda 1. How WP TE works and what is expected from RTC, N. Vianello, 20' 2. Discussion / questions from RTC, all, 20' 3. Feedback from RTC, all, 20' Connection info Id: 483-007-4667 Password: 038924 https://zoom.us/j/4830074667?pwd=bEQ0MzYzOVdvN1BsanZsNGJrQ2llQT09 Host key: 748103

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WPTE: preparation of 2026 experimental campaign
by Benoît Labit Jan. 8, 2026

Jan. 8, 2026

Dear Research Topic Coordinators, While 2025 experimental campaign is coming to an end, we have to prepare the next one! We are planning to circulate a draft timeline for the first 3-4 months of 2026 before the Christmas break. To do so we would like to hear about your possible constrains and unavailability for (early) 2026: teaching duties, business travels, conferences, vacations,… please Deadline: Friday 12.12.2025 EOB. Thanks for your collaboration Benoît For the EUROfusion WPTE Task Force Leaders: Emmanuelle Tsitrone, Nicola Vianello, Matteo Baruzzo, Jeronimo Garcia, Antti Hakola, Valentin Igochine, David Keeling, Benoit Labit ---------------------------------------------------------------- Swiss Plasma Center EPFL Station 13 CH-1015 LAUSANNE tel: +41(0)216934562 fax:+41(0)216935671 http://spc.epfl.ch Zoom: https://epfl.zoom.us/my/benoit.labit -----------------------------------------------------------

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WPTE strategy meetings for the 2026-2027 work programme, 19-20 January, 2026
by Hakola Antti Dec. 19, 2025

Dec. 19, 2025

Dear RTCs for the WPTE topics in 2026-2027! The GPM is behind us and it is therefore a high time to start drafting the strategy of your RT for the period 2026-2027. As usual, this will be done together with your reference TFLs and the outcomes of the exercise will be presented in the strategy meeting in mid-January 2026. I'm compling the agenda for the meeting, which is tentatively considered to consist of two sessions: on Monday 19 January (afternoon) and Tuesday 20 January (morning). Could you, please, let me know of your availability on either of the two days - preferably by 08 December. Many thanks in advance, Antti Antti Hakola Principal Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. Deputy Task Force Leader of EUROfusion WPTE For the WPTE Task Force Leader Team Emmanuelle Tsitrone Nicola Vianello Matteo Baruzzo Jeronimo Garcia Antti Hakola Valentin Igochine David Keeling Benoit Labit

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one-hour meeting for the 2026-2027 RTC team
by Valentin Igochine Dec. 16, 2025

Dec. 16, 2025

Dear RTC, We would like to organize a one-hour meeting for the 2026-2027 RTC team, during which we will clarify what is expected from RTC, remind how WP TE works and discuss what are the WP TE scientific priorities for the period. We will also ask for your feedback on how to improve the processes in place. Ideally, this meeting would take place before the RT01–RT09 strategy meetings (19-20 Jan). Please indicate your availability here as soon as possible: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/p/2668f37ba6767351dd85ea34bb57b4b9-1520891 Best regards, Valentin on behalf of TFLs -- Dr. Valentin Igochine Deputy Task Force Leader of EUROfusion WPTE Tokamak-Scenario-Development (E1) Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748, Garching bei München, Germany Phone. +49 89 32991719 Fax. +49 89 32992580 email: valentin.igochine(a)ipp.mpg.de

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plans for TCV gyrotrons / current rules for X3-10
by Stefano Coda Nov. 21, 2025

Nov. 21, 2025

Dear all, as most of you have heard, known deteriorations force us to plan a factory repair of the G10 and G11 gyrotrons at some point. The decision has been made to send G10 back at the beginning of January 2026 and to install the new gyrotron (due to arrive in December) in its place - in practice then this means our gyrotron inventory will not change, /except - /the new G10 will have to be commissioned and this cannot be guaranteed to be completed by the start of operations in 2026, but will nevertheless be faster than if we had to debug all the infrastructure that is being put in place for G12; we can tentatively aim for early March - we shall no longer have limitations in X3 power on G10 We expect the repaired gyrotron to be back sometime in the summer. Our intention would be to send G11 to Thales at the start of the longer opening planned for the TBLLD installation, tentatively set for late summer, although this is not confirmed at the present time. In that case, in practice we can expect to have an actual /increase/ in X2 and X3 power (and good reliability for all gyrotrons) around early 2027. (As a reminder, a fourth dual-frequency gyrotron is then also expected for late 2027.) For the remainder of the current campaign, please keep in mind the current limitations for X3-10: - maximum power 480 kW for 2-s pulse - at 500 kW, pulse length limited to 370 ms - at 610 kW, pulse length limited to 300 ms - at 730 kW, pulse length limited to 230 ms - at 810 kW (maximum allowed), pulse length limited to 210 ms and remember that if G11 is in use during the same time window, it will have the same power as G10. Stefano -- Dr. Stefano Coda Swiss Federal Institute of Technology EPFL SB SPC, Station 13, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland Tel. (+41) 21 693 3463 E-MailStefano.Coda(a)epfl.ch

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