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NSTX Program Update

This update covers the latest developments in the NSTX program including upcoming meetings, research needs workshops, and long-range strategic planning efforts. Stay informed about the progress in magnetic fusion energy sciences.

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NSTX Program Update

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  1. NSTX Supported by Office of Science NSTX Program Update College W&M Colorado Sch Mines Columbia U Comp-X General Atomics INEL Johns Hopkins U LANL LLNL Lodestar MIT Nova Photonics New York U Old Dominion U ORNL PPPL PSI Princeton U SNL Think Tank, Inc. UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UCSD U Colorado U Maryland U Rochester U Washington U Wisconsin J. Menard, M. Ono For the NSTX Research Team Culham Sci Ctr U St. Andrews York U Chubu U Fukui U Hiroshima U Hyogo U Kyoto U Kyushu U Kyushu Tokai U NIFS Niigata U U Tokyo JAEA Hebrew U Ioffe Inst RRC Kurchatov Inst TRINITI KBSI KAIST POSTECH ASIPP ENEA, Frascati CEA, Cadarache IPP, Jülich IPP, Garching ASCR, Czech Rep U Quebec NSTX Team Meeting NSTX Control Room Annex, B318 September 23, 2008

  2. NSTX Program Update • Last team meeting was in May 2008 – much has happened since then! • July: NSTX 5yr plan successfully peer reviewed + successful facility review • Preparation of documentation for major upgrades (CS, NBI) underway CALENDAR • Diagnostic collaboration proposals due to DOE Thu Sep 25 • NSTX ITPA prep meeting next Monday Sep 29 – 1:30-4PM • FESAC toroidal alternates panel (TAP) meeting Oct 1-2 • Final report from TAP due end of October • Report will be discussed at next FESAC meeting – Nov 6-7 • IAEA - Oct 13-18, ITPA - Oct 20-23, APS - Nov 17-21 • NSTX Research Forum – Dec 8-10 • ITPA/IEA joint experiment planning – Dec 11-12 (MIT) • NSTX PAC meeting – sometime in Jan/Feb (under discussion)

  3. Research Needs Workshops (ReNeWs) to provide input to a more detailed, long-range (15-20 yr) strategic plan for MFES • Intend to complete by March 2010 - first ReNeW will be June 7-13, 2009 • Through this workshop and all the discussion, planning and activities leading up to it, the community will provide DOE with the information it needs to produce the long-range strategic plan, namely: • Theagreed-upon issuesthat need to be resolved. • Thefusion/plasma/engineering science research that is required to attain a sufficient knowledge baseto allow the nation to decide whether to proceed with the development of fusion as an energy source for the future. • A clear understanding of theapproaches to resolve these issuesand attain this knowledge base including, as appropriate, a scientific/technical roadmap withoptions and decision points. Anevaluation of the advantages and disadvantages should be provided if there is more than one approach. In addition to existing domestic facilities, consideration should be given to utilizing existing or planned foreign facilities to accomplish the required scientific objectives. If possible, preliminary scientific or technological research capability requirements should be provided for any new U.S. initiatives. • Explanation of thelogical linkages among the various activitiesincluding the possibility of joint research, both domestically and internationally, and required new U.S. capabilities.

  4. Attachment 1 A Multi-year, Multi-Step PlanningProcess for Each Area of Responsibility Science Area Consolidation, Prioritization Issue Identification, Research Needs Approaches, Options, Initiatives Grand Challenges, Missions Outcome = Plan Tokamak / AT NRC BPAC, FESAC Workshop(s) FESAC OFES; FESACNRC MFES Magnetic Alternates NRC BPAC, FESAC Workshop(s) FESAC IFES HEDLP / IFES OFES / NNSA “FESAC-e” NRC NRC, OSTP, Task Force Workshops Workshop(s)? HEDLP Science FESAC-e Plasma Science Plasma Science OFES; FESAC NRC NRC FUSAC, Plasma 2010 FESAC Workshop(s)? Incomplete Ongoing Completed

  5. Fusion Energy Sciences Program MFES Strategic Planning Timeline Attachment 2 2008 2009 2010 S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F Strategic Overview Plan to Congress FESAC Meeting Nov 6-7 FESAC Meeting Nov FESAC Meeting Jan FESAC Meeting Jan 14-15 OFES Prepares Draft Long-Range Strategic Plan Revise Complete Draft Long-Range Strategic Plan Publish Long-Range Strategic Plan OFES Appoints Workshop Chairs, Co-Chairs and OFES Workshop Leaders Achieving and Understanding the Burning Plasma State Panels Prepare for Workshop Creating Predictable High-Performance Steady-State Plasmas Panels Prepare for Workshop Harnessing Fusion Power Panels Prepare for Workshop Final Report Available Taming the Plasma Material Interface Panels Prepare for Workshop Optimizing the Magnetic Configuration Panels Prepare for Workshop Workshop 09/17/08

  6. Research Needs Workshop Structure Attachment 3 Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences Achieving and Understanding the Burning Plasma State Creating Predictable High-Performance Steady-State Plasmas Optimizing the Magnetic Configuration Taming the Plasma Material Interface Harnessing Fusion Power Stellarator Fuel Cycle Plasma-Wall Interactions Measurement Integration Spherical Tokamak Power Extraction Theory and Modeling Plasma-Facing Components Reversed Field Pinch Materials Science Control Internal Components Off-Normal Plasma Events Compact Toroids Safety Plasma Modification by Auxiliary Systems RAMI Magnets

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