ITER – NSTX upgrade to enhance fusion physics database
ITER Newsline – NSTX upgrade to enhance fusion physics database
12 January 2012
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has received approval from the US Department of Energy to upgrade its major test facility, the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX). The three-year project, worth USD 94 million, is part of PPPL’s mission to chart an attractive course for the development of nuclear fusion as a clean, safe and abundant fuel for generating electricity.
“The US fusion program places increasing emphasis on fusion materials science, and as part of that long-term vision, is presently considering moving toward a fusion nuclear science facility (FNSF),” explains Jonathan Menard, the NSTX program director. “Its objective is to develop the experimental database for all fusion reactor internals and, in parallel with ITER, provide the basis for DEMO.” (For more information, see a recent presentation by Dr. Edmund Synakowski, Associate Director, Office of Science, for Fusion Energy Sciences.)
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