With a number of experiments that have been planned, basic plasma physics activities have entered a new exciting phase. The neutronics laboratory has been augmented with various detectors and a foolproof shielding for the whole laboratory is being designed and will be fabricated soon. The set up for the Negative Ion Beam source studies has been completed with the procured source and experiments are being carried out. The research and development of the Lead-Lithium Cooled Ceramic breeder concept of IndianĦ Test Blanket Module (TBM) for ITER is progressing well. Good progress has been made towards development of CICC conductors and auxiliary facilities for superconducting magnet winding and testing, cryopanel component development, material and fabrication development required for high heat flux divertors etc. Material development, process development, facilities creation along with man power development are being pursued in these programmes through collaboration with various national and international institutions. Other technological developments under the eleventh five year plan are progressing well. The LH current drive system is being upgraded and the Neutral beam injector is being tested in the test-stand for improved ion currents. ICR heating system is also being tested to operate in the first phase of SST-1 operation. Since the machine is getting assembled, the diagnostic systems are being readied and tested. The vessel modules have been fully tested in a special hot nitrogen baking facility and hence this baking facility has also been validated for use in SST-1. The maintenance of the helium cryogenic system was undertaken and has been completed this year. These tests have also validated the extended period of operation of power supplies with required currents. #HELICON REMOTE 3.6.2 CRACK FULL#With modified and validated ultra low direct current (DC) joint resistances all the sixteen toroidal field (TF) magnets have been successfully tested in cold with supercritical helium and with full design value of current. The assembly of the refurbished SST-1 has begun as scheduled from June 2010 and has been progressing well. Infrared Thermography of limiter tiles have shown higher surface temperatures for silicon carbide tiles compared to graphite tiles. The diamagnetic energy of the Aditya plasma has been measured to be in the range kilo-joules during the current flat top regime and scales linearly with the net input power. The necessary equipments and subsytems for wall conditioning with boronization are mostly ready and the experiments will be started in a short while. While the Ion-Cyclotron Resonance (ICR)scheme has been demonstrated successfully, experiments with Electron- Cyclotron Resonance and Lower Hybrid (LH) frequency schemes are being continued. Pre-ionization experiments with different kinds of Radio-frequency schemes were done. Some of these experiments were specifically aimed at understanding the plasma breakdown in the Superconducting Steady-state Tokamak (SST-1). During the past one year, in Aditya, ample efforts were continued to expand the operational window for experiments. Furthermore, this institute has made considerable contributions to the fundamental plasma sciences and the application of plasma technologies to the industries. This has been possible because of active support of Department of Atomic Energy, India and the participation in International Thermo-nuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project. Towards the realization of a power plant using controlled thermo-nuclear fusion by magnetic confinement, a number of initiatives have been taken in developing many state-of-the-art technologies. Established in the year 1986, this institution has grown manifold in its research activities in various area of plasma physics. Atrey Non-Member Secretaryĥ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It gives me great pleasure to announce that the Institute for Plasma Research is entering into the Silver Jubilee of its existence. Ravi Member 10) Shri Sanjay Lal Bhai Member 11) Shri P. Siraj Hasan Member 7) Ms Revathy Iyer Member 8) Shri.V. Sinha Member 4) Dr Amit Roy Member 5) Dr.
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