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.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 53-58 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Event | 18th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE99) - Albuquerque, NM, USA Duration: Oct 25 1999 → Oct 29 1999 |
Other
| Other | 18th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE99) |
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| City | Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| Period | 10/25/99 → 10/29/99 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering