Abstract
This is the report of a panel set up by the U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) in response to a charge letter on October 5, 2000, from Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, then Director of the DOE's Office of Science. In that letter, Dr. Dresselhaus asked the FESAC to investigate the subject of burning plasma science. The report addresses several topics, including the scientific issues to be addressed by a burning plasma experiment and its major supporting elements, identification of issues that are generic to toroidal confinement, and the role of the Next-Step Options (NSO) Program.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-292 |
Number of pages | 48 |
Journal | Journal of Fusion Energy |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Keywords
- Fusion burning plasmas
- Fusion ignition