Name: MLZ Conference 2025: Neutrons for Fusion and Nuclear Applications
Start: 2025-07-28T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-07-31T14:15:00+02:00
Location: Munich

MLZ Conference 2025: Neutrons for Fusion and Nuclear Applications

from Monday, July 28, 2025 (9:00 AM) to Thursday, July 31, 2025 (2:15 PM)

Monday, July 28, 2025

11:45 AM Welcome

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried

12:00 PM Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
1:00 PM Session 1
1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

1:00 PM Current status and challenges of the development of plasma-facing components - Rudolf Neu (MPI for Plasma Physics)

1:40 PM X-ray and neutron diffraction for characterizing lattice defects in irradiated structural materials - Tamas Ungar (The University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary)

2:00 PM Review of the tungsten thermal conductivity in a fusion power reactor - Sören Möller (FZJ)

2:20 PM Tritium Breeding Testing with an Intense DT Neutron Source - Lucas Jacobson (SHINE Technologies)
2:40 PM Coffee
Coffee
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
3:10 PM Session 2
3:10 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

3:10 PM Testing Needs for the Development and Qualification of Fusion Breeding Blankets - Gianfranco Federici (EUROfusion Consortium)

3:50 PM Fission neutrons to support fusion research - Winfried Petry (FRM II - TUM)

4:10 PM Database for thermal neutron induced prompt gamma rays - Zsolt Revay (PGAA)

4:30 PM The use of ion beam irradiation to simulate neutron-induced displacement damage in tungsten - Mikhail Zibrov (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik)
4:50 PM Coffee
Coffee
4:50 PM - 5:10 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
5:10 PM Session 3
5:10 PM - 6:10 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

5:10 PM The Effect of Rhenium on Irradiation Induced Defects in W-Re Alloys Studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy - Lisa-Marie Krug (MLZ / TUM)

5:30 PM Deuterium Desorption from Irradiated Tungsten Studied by In-situ Temperature Dependent Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy - Danny Russell (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München)

5:50 PM High-current accelerator-based neutron sources – Fusion materials and testing - Paul Zakalek (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
6:10 PM Dinner
Dinner
6:10 PM - 7:10 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
9:00 AM Session 4
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

9:00 AM Nuclear fission and fusion power plants: Validating models - Michael Smith (The University of Manchester)

9:40 AM Residual stress determination in structural materials for fusion and fission reactors using neutron diffraction - Michael Hofmann

10:00 AM Unique capabilities of neutron imaging in analyzing structural components in fusion reactors - Tobias Neuwirth
10:20 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
10:50 AM Session 5
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

10:50 AM Neutron irradiation micro-structural effects in standard and B-alloyed EUROFER97 steel - Roberto Coppola (ENEA-Casaccia)

11:10 AM Advanced characterization of tungsten-steel multi materials for plasma facing components produced with additive manufacturing techniques. - Malgorzata Makowska

11:30 AM Effect of laser beam shaping on the crystallographic texture and residual stress distribution of 316L stainless steel manufactured using Laser Powder Bed Fusion - Weimin Gan (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon)
12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried

1:00 PM FRM II Guided Tours (via Bus Transfer)
FRM II Guided Tours (via Bus Transfer)
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried

6:00 PM Dinner
Dinner
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
7:00 PM Poster Session and Beer
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

7:00 PM How can Sample Environment help - Alexander Weber (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)

7:00 PM In situ high temperature sample environment @ MLZ - Manuel Suarez Anzorena (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München (TUM))

7:00 PM Neutron grating interferometry – an advanced neutron imaging method - Simon Sebold (MLZ)

7:00 PM Rotating Quantum Droplets in Low Dimensions - Kevin Hernandez (Universidad de El Salvador)

7:00 PM The Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument SANS-1 at MLZ - Gilles Wittmann (ADVMAT)

7:00 PM Neutron powder diffraction at instruments SPODI, ERWIN and FIREPOD - Markus Hoelzel

7:00 PM Effects of Hydrogen Loading on Lattice Defects in Nickel-Based Superalloys Studied by Positron Annihilation - Kilian Porth (Nepomuc)

7:00 PM Advanced characterization of high temperature structural materials for fusion reactor environments - S. Neumeier

7:00 PM X-Ray Diffraction as a Tool for Structure Analysis of Functional Materials including Fusion Materials - Stefan Engel (Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ))

7:00 PM The MEDAPP instrument as test site for fast neutron radiation damage - Lucas Sommer

7:00 PM Chemical Analysis with Neutrons at MLZ - Christian Stieghorst (TUM / FRM II)
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
9:00 AM Session 6
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

9:00 AM Consequences of neutron irradiation of fusion plasma-facing materials and components - Christian Linsmeier (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management – Plasma Physics, Jülich, Germany)

9:40 AM Neutron Imaging of Nuclear Fuel Cladding Tubes - Sarah Weick (KIT)

10:00 AM Time-of-Flight Neutron Imaging for Material Identification and Characterization - Alexander Wolfertz (TUM FRM2)
10:20 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
10:50 AM Session 7
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

10:50 AM Neutron and X-ray Diffraction as a Tool to Study High-Temperature Materials for Fusion Applications - Massimo Fritton

11:10 AM Pulsed Low Energy Positron Beams for Fusion Materials - Werner Egger (Universität der Bundeswehr München)

11:30 AM A Scanning Positron Microscope for 3D defect mapping - Johannes Mitteneder
11:50 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried

2:00 PM Excursion to Flugwerft Schleißheim (via Bus Transfer)
Excursion to Flugwerft Schleißheim (via Bus Transfer)
2:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried

6:30 PM Conference Dinner at Schlosswirtschaft Schleißheim
Conference Dinner at Schlosswirtschaft Schleißheim
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Thursday, July 31, 2025
9:00 AM Session 8
9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

9:00 AM Development of a Scalable Platform for Fusion Neutron Irradiation and Next Generation Nuclear Applications - Tom Wallace-Smith

9:40 AM Assmement of Bunker Suitability for a Fusion Neutron Source using Serpent 2 - Christopher Ehrich (Technical University of Munich)

10:00 AM Neutron computed tomography and liquid contrast agents for the examination of materials - Burkhard Schillinger (MLZ /FRM II, TU München)
10:20 AM Coffee
Coffee
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
10:50 AM Session 9
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried
Contributions

10:50 AM Development of non-planar, HTS, tabletop-sized-stellarator coils - E. V. Stenson (MPI for Plasma Physics)

11:10 AM A compact levitated dipole trap for the confinement of electron-positron pair plasma - Alexander Card (MLZ (NEPOMUC))

11:30 AM Fusion's Fast Neutrons: Measurement, Management and Tritium Breeding - Peter Reichel (Center for Nuclear Safety and Innovation)
11:50 AM Lunch
Lunch
11:50 AM - 12:50 PM
Room: Schloss Fürstenried

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