Fusion Expo

Tomaž SkobeFusion Expo Project Leader

Jozef Stefan InstituteNuclear Training Centre

• Travelling Exhibition

• Prepared by EFDA

• Financed by the EC Euratom programme

• Exhibitions organized by SFA Euratom-MHEST since 2008

Organization

Fusion Expo Support Team

Public Opinion matters.

Delivering informations:

about fusion,

JET, ITER,

should be continious event.

FUSION EXPO represents a good opportunity for explanations of fusion power.

Importance of Public Opinion

58%

53%

44%

43%

41%

31%

24%

21%

9%

7%

19%

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Nuclear fusion

Hydrogen energy and cars (H2)

Geothermal energy

Ocean energy

Fuel cells

4th generation nuclear reactors

Clean coal

Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

ITER

Negawatt and sustainable decrease

None of these

New Energy Technologies

Eurobarometer 2007

� general public“ � location

� future generation” � invitations to schools

� “decision makers” � invitations to the parliament

� “opinion drivers” � personal invitations

Fusion Expo Target Groups

MINI Exhibition area ~50 - 150 m2

MAXIExhibition area

> 200 m2

Fusion Expo Types

Part of big international events or individual exhibitions.

Aditional storage room (50 m2) for depositing the empty Expo boxes

Preferred duration of the Expo is 2-3 weeks.

Fusion Expo 2008-2010

Visitors

N/A11th 16th August 2010Budapest, HungarySupport ActionSziget Festival 2010, KFKI

N/A2nd -7th July 2010Torino, ItalySupport ActionESOF 2010

75017th – 21st March 2010Barcelona, SpainMini ExpoEducational fair, F4E

N/A4th March – 2nd May 2010Terrassa, SpainMaxi ExpoMuseum of Science and Technology of Catalonia,

CIEMAT

173*17th - 22nd November 2009Cork, IrelandMini ExpoIrish Science Week, UCC

3.00010th – 13th November 2009Dublin, IrelandMini ExpoIrish Science Week, DCU

6.0003rd - 20th November 2009Katowice, PolandMaxi ExpoAssociation Euratom IPPLM

2.53110th - 25th October 2009Łodz, PolandMaxi ExpoAssociation Euratom IPPLM

1.00012th – 17th August 2009Budapest, HungarySupport ActionSziget Festival 2009, KFKI

2.24815th June - 15th July 2009Szczecin, PolandMaxi ExpoAssociation Euratom IPPLM

2.70027th May - 9th June 2009Koszalin, PolandMaxi ExpoAssociation Euratom IPPLM

1.3107th - 8th May 2009Prague, Czech RepublicSome parts of the ExpoResearch Connection 2009

3.50010th - 20th March 2009Ljubljana, SloveniaMini ExpoAssociation Euratom MHEST

5.00014th to 16th November 2008Paris, FranceMaxi ExpoEuropean City of Science

Number of visitors

DatePlaceType of participationHost / Event

����• Central position• Easy to access by public transport• Being a popular place is an advantage• Accessible for the Fusion Expo truck

Venues

Public place Bratislava University Vienna

Gallery Ljubljana

• 2 Thematic Islands (fusion and ITER)

– Posters with texts and images

– Screens showing fusion related movies

– Computers with interactive content

• Models (related to fusion research)

• Booklets and DVDs in national language

• Guides (provided by the host)

• Optional: Attractive experiments for different levels

• Optional: Lectures, Road show, etc.

Components

FusionDescribes the basics of fusion

ITERIllustrates the ITER design

Thematic Islands

Interactive ITER model

Presents particular parts of

the reactor

Reactor site model

Presents scheme

of future

fusion powerplant

Models

Toroidal Plasma Tube “Mellator”

Models

Plasma Ball

Stellarator model

Reactor Section

3D ITER image

Models

ITER – JET model

Bicycle:“manpower

power plant”

Microwave oven induced plasma

Experiments

Optional

3D projection on big screen

Starmakers

3D Theater

Fusia

Movies

The power of a guide: enthusiasmThe power of a guide: enthusiasm

Advertising Fusion Expo

Conclusions

• Fusion Expo increases general level of knowledge,

• positive media attention,

• support public information,

• good method for interactive explanations.

“Tell them and they will forget. Show them and they will remember. Involve them and they will understand”.

Hosting the Fusion Expo

tomaz.skobe@ijs.si

+386 1 58 85 308

Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Make first step

Visit the galleries at Fusion Expo web page and explore more about the previous events:

www.fusion-expo.eu