Making of the NSTX facility

Author

Ono, M. ; Kaye, S.M. ; Neumeyer, C. ; Peng, Y.-K.M. ; Williams, M. ; Barnes, G. ; Bell, M. ; Bialek, J. ; Bigelow, T. ; Blanchard, W. ; Brooks, A. ; Carter, M.D. ; Chrzanowski, J. ; Davis, W. ; Dudek, L. ; Ellis, R. ; Fan, H.M. ; Fredd, E. ; Gates, D. ; G

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

58

Abstract

The NSTX (National Spherical Torus Experiment) facility located at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is the newest national fusion science experimental facility for the restructured US Fusion Energy Science Program. The NSTX project was approved in FY 97 as the first proof-of-principle national fusion facility dedicated to the spherical torus research. On Feb. 15, 1999, the first plasma was achieved 10 weeks ahead of schedule. The project was completed on budget and with an outstanding safety record. This paper gives an overview of the NSTX facility construction and the initial plasma operations

Keywords

fusion reactor design; plasma toroidal confinement; NSTX; National Spherical Torus Experiment; plasma; Contracts; Drives; Laboratories; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Physics; Plasma confinement; Plasma devices; Plasma stability; Safety; Toroidal magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1999. 18th Symposium on

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5829-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1999.849790

Filename

849790