NCSX Scientific and Programmatic Review

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Room LSB 318
September 15–16, 2007


FESAC Sub-panel Report

DOE Charge

Attendees

NCSX Background Material
Stellarator Community Input

Physics Considerations in the Design of NCSX, H. Neilson, M. Zarnstorff et al

Introduction to NCSX Physics and Research Plans, M. Zarnstorff
   — Presented at the first NCSX Research Forum, December 2006.
The remainder of the talks are available on line: NCSX Research Forum

Fusion Science and Technology Volume 51, Number 2 (February 2007)
The February 2007 issue of Fusion Science and Technology consists of seven articles on various aspects of NCSX physics. The articles are available online:

FST Issue on ARIES-CS Drafts of the ARIES-CS final report.
These articles have been submitted for publication and are being refereed. The final published version may differ from the drafts.

U.S. Compact Stellarator Program, white paper on the whole US Compact Stellarator Program written by the US Stellarator Community, 2005


Agenda, Sunday, September 16

AGENDA

Saturday, September 15, 2007, LSB 318

8:00 a.m. Executive Session
Continental Breakfast


8:30 a.m. P.U. Perspective,   A.J.S. Smith

8:40 a.m. The Compact Stellarator Program,   H. Neilson   (PPT)

8:50 a.m. Scientific & Technical Issues for the Compact Stellarator Program,   A. Boozer   (PDF)

9:50 a.m. Executive Session
Coffee Break


10:20 a.m. Role of NCSX in the International Context,    M. Zarnstorff     (PDF)

11:30 a.m. Options for the U.S. Stellarator Program,   J. Lyon    (PDF)  (PPT)

12:25 p.m. Conclusions, R. Goldston    (PPT)

12:30 p.m. Executive Session
Lunch
– Tour of NCSX Manufacturing Facility


6:00 p.m. Adjourn


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Sunday, September 16, 2007, LSB 318

8:30 a.m. Executive Session
Continental Breakfast

Flux Surface Sturdiness   M. Zarnstorff

Compactness – Energy   J. Lyon

Compactness – Science   A. Boozer

12:00 p.m. Adjourn

 

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Attendees:

Review Committee:
Dr. Charles Baker, Sandia National Laboratory
Prof. Richard Hazeltine, (Chair), University of Texas at Austin
Prof. Chris Hegna, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dr. Tim Luce, General Atomics
Prof. Gerald Navratil, Columbia University
Prof. Shoichi Okamura, National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan
Prof. Ronald Parker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Max Tabak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Joseph Talmadge, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prof. Friedrich Wagner, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany

DOE Observers:
Dr. Raymond Fonck, DOE, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
Dr. Curtis Bolton, DOE, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences

Stellarator Community:
Prof. David Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prof. Allen Boozer, Columbia University
Prof. Robert Goldston, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Dr. Jeffrey Harris, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Richard Hawryluk, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Prof. Steven Knowlton, Auburn University
Dr. James Lyon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Janardhan Manickam, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Dr. Hutch Neilson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Prof. A.J. Stewart Smith, Princeton University
Dr. Michael Zarnstorff, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory


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