Speaker
Dr
Brian LaBombard
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Description
The MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and collaborators are developing a concept for an advanced divertor experimental test facility (ADX) – a tokamak specifically designed to address critical gaps in the world fusion research program on the pathway to DEMO. This high field (6.5 tesla, 1.5 MA), high power density (P/S ~ 1.5 MW/m^2) facility will test innovative divertor concepts for next-step DT fusion devices (FNSF, DEMO) at reactor-level boundary plasma pressures and parallel heat flux densities while producing reactor-relevant core plasma conditions. The experimental platform will also test advanced lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) and ion-cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) actuators at the plasma densities and magnetic field strengths of a DEMO, with the unique ability to deploy launcher structures both on the low-magnetic-field side and the high-field side – a location where energetic plasma-material interactions can be more easily controlled and reduced. This innovative experiment will perform plasma science and technology R&D necessary to inform the conceptual development and accelerate the readiness-for-deployment of next generation DT fusion devices – in a timely manner, on a flexible, reconfigurable research platform.
| Country or International Organisation | USA |
|---|---|
| Paper Number | FIP/P7-18 |
Primary author
Dr
Brian LaBombard
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Co-authors
Dr
Amanda Hubbard
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Prof.
Anne White
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Bruce Lipschultz
(University of York, UK)
Dr
Catherine Fiore
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Charles Kessel
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA)
Dr
Christian Theiler
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Darin Ernst
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Mr
David Terry
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Prof.
Dennis Whyte
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Earl Marmar
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Francesca Poli
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA)
Dr
Greg Wallace
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Prof.
Ian Hutchinson
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
James Irby
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
James Terry
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
James Wilson
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA)
Mr
Jeffery Doody
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Jerry Hughes
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
John Rice
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Joseph Minervini
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Martin Greenwald
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Matthew Reinke
(University of York, UK)
Dr
Maxim Umansky
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Michael Kotschenreuther
(Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, USA)
Prof.
Miklos Porkolab
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Paul Bonoli
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Mr
Peter TItus
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA)
Dr
Prashant Valanju
(Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, USA)
Dr
Richard Nygren
(Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
Mr
Rick Leccacorvi
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Robert Ellis
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA)
Dr
Robert Granetz
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Prof.
Ronald Parker
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Mr
Rui Vieira
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Stephen Wukitch
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Steve Wolfe
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Stewart Zweben
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA)
Prof.
Swadesh Mahajan
(Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, USA)
Dr
Syunichi Shiraiwa
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Tom Rognlien
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
Mr
William Beck
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
William Rowan
(Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas, USA)
Dr
Yijun Lin
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
Dr
Zachary Hartwig
(MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, USA)
