May 2025 | ITER Fusion Fuel Cycle Exhaust Development Process | Robert Allgood

by James Deaton | Apr 24, 2025

ITER Fusion Fuel Cycle Exhaust Development Process

Speaker: Robert Allgood

Manager of US ITER’s Tokamak Exhaust Processing System,

Savannah River National Laboratory

You are invited to the May 2025 Technical Presentation & Dinner. Details are as follows:

Date/Time: May 1, 2025 (Thursday) / 6:00 PM Social/6:30 PM Buffet Dinner/7:00 PM Announcements followed by technical presentation

Venue: Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization, 520 Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, SC

Summary: ITER is one of the most ambitious research projects in the world today. ITER is an international collaboration of seven partners aiming to demonstrate a self-sustaining fusion power source or “burning plasma.” A magnetic fusion device (tokamak), ITER is integrating industrial-scale fusion technology, including a deuterium-tritium fuel cycle. The US ITER Project is responsible for 12 systems in support of the ITER facility. One of those systems, the Tokamak Exhaust Process (TEP), is being developed by the Savannah River National Lab (SRNL). This presentation will focus on the TEP development effort at SRNL as final design nears completion and preparation for fabrication and delivery to the ITER site approaches.

About the Speaker: Mr. Allgood is responsible for technical direction as well as programmatic oversight for the TEP system. In this role he oversees project activities and staff at the SRNL, which serves as the steward of the nation’s tritium processing technologies. He was responsible for several successful tritium projects within the Savannah River Site Tritium Facility and SRNL. His positions have included systems engineer, shift technical engineer, shift operations manager, and tritium process/shift engineering manager. Prior to joining US ITER, Robert was the manager of the Hydrogen Processing Group at SRNL from 2016 to 2020, followed by a one-year assignment as the design authority manager for the SRNL Tritium Finishing Facility.

Antonio’s Italian Buffet Menu: Pizza (several varieties), Lasagna, Eggplant Parmesan, Salad.

Dessert from local area: Cookies; Refreshments: Iced Tea, Soda & Water