Advanced tokamak physics-status and prospects

Robert James Goldston; S. H. Batha; R. H. Bulmer; D. N. Hill; A. W. Hyatt; S. C. Jardin; F. M. Levinton; S. M. Kaye; C. E. Kessel; E. A. Lazarus; J. Manickam; G. H. Neilson; W. M. Nevins; L. J. Perkins; G. Rewoldt; K. I. Thomassen; M. C. Zarnstorff

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Advanced tokamak physics-status and prospects

Robert James Goldston, S. H. Batha, R. H. Bulmer, D. N. Hill, A. W. Hyatt, S. C. Jardin, F. M. Levinton, S. M. Kaye, C. E. Kessel, E. A. Lazarus, J. Manickam, G. H. Neilson, W. M. Nevins, L. J. Perkins, G. Rewoldt, K. I. Thomassen, M. C. Zarnstorff

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Experimental and theoretical results from around the world point to the possibility of high confinement, high- beta , and high-bootstrap-fraction steady-state tokamak operating modes. These modes of operation, if fully developed and extended to steady-state, could lead to much less expensive tokamak demonstration power reactors and to a significantly reduced cost-of-electricity from fusion, as compared to projections based on low- beta _N, pulsed operating modes. Present results have clear implications in the areas of particle control, plasma shaping, and current-profile control. Thus they have strongly influenced the design of the steady-state advanced tokamak TPX, which has the mission to combine the best results from present experiments and extend them to steady-state. These results also have important implications for follow-up tests in ITER, which have the goal of studying advanced-tokamak operation in an ignited plasma, as well as for the eventual configuration of an advanced-tokamak fusion reactor.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	018
Pages (from-to)	B213-B227
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	36
Issue number	12 B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/36/12B/018
State	Published - 1994

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Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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Goldston, R. J., Batha, S. H., Bulmer, R. H., Hill, D. N., Hyatt, A. W., Jardin, S. C., Levinton, F. M., Kaye, S. M., Kessel, C. E., Lazarus, E. A., Manickam, J., Neilson, G. H., Nevins, W. M., Perkins, L. J., Rewoldt, G., Thomassen, K. I., & Zarnstorff, M. C. (1994). Advanced tokamak physics-status and prospects. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 36(12 B), B213-B227. Article 018. https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/36/12B/018

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