CEA

Han Hubert Dols — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 09:07:16 +0000

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is the leading French organisation for research, development, and innovation in the domains of energy, defence, information technologies, communication and health. CEA is also dedicated to connecting the worlds of research and industry. It is one of the most prominent players in research and innovation in France.

CEA’s Institute for Research into the Fundamental laws of the Universe (IRFU) is involved in FuSuMaTech. This institute with more than 600 engineers, technicians and physicists performs research on the fundamental laws of the Universe, including Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics. The position of IRFU in developing and realizing particle accelerators, cryogenic systems and superconducting magnets is unique in France. It is based on a backbone of scientific skills and a large technological platform of 25000m2, the so called SYNERGIUM. As a result IRFU is a key partner for the construction of international accelerators for fundamental science such as LHC at CERN, E-XFEL in DESY (Germany), the FAIR complex at GSI (Germany), the SPIRAL2 accelerator at GANIL (France), ESS in Sweden, and of fusion- related facilities (ITER in France, JT60SA and IFMIF in Japan).

Under H2020, 28 projects involving teams from the IRFU have been funded by the European Commission, including 8 ERC Grants and 11 research infrastructures projects.

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Role:

CEA will be the coordinator of the project.
CEA will lead the WP1 “Project Decision Making and Management” and WP3 “FuSuMaTech roadmapping” where it will be responsible for concept and methodology.
In WP4 “Setting up generic R&D actions” CEA will be the leader of the task 4.4
In WP5 “Setting up technology Pilots” CEA will play the main role in the task 5.2 “Preparation of proposal for Frontier edge High-field MRI 16 T concept magnet”

Relevant Projects:

CARE

Co-ordinated Accelerator Research in Europe, 2004-2008, FP6, R. Aleksan

EuCARD

European Co-ordination for Accelerator Research & Development, 2009-2013, FP7, J-P. Koutchouk

EuCARD2

Enhanced European Coordination for Accelerator Research & Development, 2013-2017, FP7, M. Vretenar

SLHC-PP

The Preparatory Phase of the Large Hadron Collider upgrade, 2008-2011, FP7, R. Garoby

HILUMI

The HiLumi LHC Design Study, 2011-2015, FP7, L. Rossi

TIARA

Test Infrastructure and Accelerator Research Area, Preparatory Phase, 2011-2013, FP7, R. Aleksan

GLAD

The Superconducting Spectrometer for theR3B experiment at GSI Darmstadt , C.Mayri

JT60SA TCF

The test coil facility for the superconducting TF coils of the Japanese Tokamak JT60SA

EuroCircol

The European Circular Energy-Frontier Collider Study, H2020-INFRADEV-1-2014-1, 201, 2015-2018, Michael Benedikt

ARIES

Accelerator Research and Innovation for European Science and Society, H2020, 2017-2021, Maurizio Vretenar

AMICI

Accelerator and Magnet Infrastructure for Cooperation and Innovation, H2020, 2017-2018, O. Napoly

CEA possesses key infrastructures and equipment relevant to the initiative. It includes Superconductors, Cabling and winding facilities, 8 T insert and test stands for the characterization of superconducting conductors, Conductors, coils and cryogenic cooling facilities, test cryostats for the characterization of large superconducting coils for accelerators and fusion reactors, several Helium refrigerator and test facilities for measuring the thermal conductivity and expansion, mechanical properties of materials at low temperature.

Dr. Antoine DAEL – (M). Graduated in 1970 from the French High School «École Supérieure d’Électricité», A. Dael started his professional activities on magnetic measurements on the very first Superconducting accelerator dipole magnets prototypes in CEA Saclay. In 1972, he joined CNRS Orsay as project leader of the beam transfer lines for the 1.8 GeV electron-positon colliding rings DCI. In 1976, he became system engineer for the large separated sector cyclotrons of the GANIL Laboratory in Caen (France). This set of 8 magnets of 400 tons each was at the frontier edge of Heavy ions accelerators. In 1982, he was nominated head of the magnet group for the synchrotron radiation source Super ACO in Orsay, dedicated to VUV experiments. He designed the accelerator magnets, developed customized magnetic measurement benches and was in charge of the design and construction of Insertion devices: Permanent Magnets undulators and wigglers. In 1989, he was recruited by CEA Saclay as project leader of the high homogeneity Solenoid for the SMC Experiment on the SPS accelerator at CERN. In 1992, he leaded the contract of two superconducting quadrupole magnets for the Jefferson Laboratory in Virginia (USA).

From 1994 to 2001, he was Project leader of the barrel toroid magnet for the ATLAS experiment, a huge superconducting magnet of 25m in length and 20m in diameter. He leaded an international team and completed the design based on an innovative warm structure solution as well as the prototyping of the BÆ coil, and it’s testing at CERN.

From 2001 to 2005 he was Head of magnetism and insertion group at Synchrotron SOLEIL–France, for the design, construction and measurements of 440 electromagnets with industrial contracts up to 11 M€. He also designed innovative insertions devices.

From 2005 to 2014, he was Head of the Accelerator, Cryogenics and Magnetism Division at CEA Saclay (130 people). He was the supervisor of magnet projects: R3B-GLAD, ISEULT, Super FRS, FAIR and the supervisor of the design and construction of components for several accelerator projects: SPIRAL2, IFMIF, IPHI, ESS, and XFEL. During this period he has established the large R&D center for accelerators and magnets so called « the Synergium ».

Since 2014, Antoine DAËL is the French ILO (« Industry liaison officer ») for CERN in Switzerland and ESS in Sweden and has been mandated by CERN and CEA to launch the FuSuMaTech Initiative.

He will be the Coordinator of FuSuMaTech Phase 1 and leader of the WP1 & WP3.

Dr. Denis Le Bihan – (M). Dr. Le Bihan holds an M.D. (Neurosurgery and Radiology) and a Ph.D in Physics (Nuclear and Elementary Particles). Since 1987 he has hold positions in the USA (NIH, Bethesda, Maryland and Georgetown University, Washington, DC), France (CEA) and Japan (Kyoto University). In 2007 he became the Founding Director of NeuroSpin, a new Institute of the French CEA aimed at developing and using ultra high field Magnetic Resonance to understand the brain. Dr. Le Bihan is especially credited with inventing, developing and introducing into research and clinical practice the concept of diffusion MRI, a new and powerful approach to study normal and diseased brain anatomy and function, as well as brain wiring. He has received many awards, such as the Gold Medal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, the Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences (USA) and French Academy of Sciences, the Louis D. Award of the Institut de France, the Honda Prize and Louis Jeantet Foundation Award. Dr Le Bihan is a full member of the French Academy of Sciences and of the Academy of Technologies, and an Associate Member of the National Academy of Pharmacy and a corresponding member of the National Academy of Medicine.

He will be the medical & scientific advisor for all the tasks related to High field MRI.

Dr. Pierre Vedrine – (M). PhD in electrical engineering (1990). Scientist and project manager on different superconducting magnet projects for LHC (quadrupole magnets, ATLAS toroid barrel magnet) and MRI (Iseult). Since 2014, he is Head of Accelerator, cryogenics and magnetism division (SACM) at IRFU.

Dr. Thierry Schild – (M). T. Schild obtained his engineering degree from Supélec in 1994. After five years in fusion magnet at CEA/Cadarache, he moved to IRFU in 1998 where he participated to the development of the W7-X magnet test facility. After leading the preliminary study of the Iseult MRI magnet, the today largest project in MRI field in the world, he has taken in charge the R&D phase of the project. Since 2014, he is the Iseult project manager. Currently under construction, the delivery is scheduled for 2017 on the CEA/Saclay site. He has also created a R&D program on MgB2 in partnership with SigmaPhi, within IRFU, which aims to develop dry magnet technologies.

Thierry Schild will contribute technically to all the tasks related to MRI and to the MgB2 technology.

Dr. Christophe Mayri – (M). Christophe Mayri obtained his engineering degree from the French High School Arts et Métiers in 1991. He started his career at CEA Saclay working as cryogenic engineer on different projects (Chechia, Cebaf quadrupoles and Atlas barrel magnet). In 2001 he became the system engineer of the ATLAS barrel toroid project in collaboration with CERN and in parallel the project leader of the cryogenic distribution ring for this magnet. He is presently the project leader of R3B-Glad, a large dipole magnet for a nuclear physics spectrometer at GSI in Germany which will be commissioned in 2017 and project leader of the JT-60SA pre-assembly project , the new Japanese tokamak. Since 2015 he is head of Cryogenic and Test Facility Unit, a group of XX engineers and YY technicians at CEA Saclay operating large cryogenic facilities.

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