White Papers received by the FSSP for Status and Priorities, and Initiatives
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Mohamed Abdou, Alice Ying, Sergey Smolentsev, and Neil B. Morley of UCLA | Scientific Framework for Advancing Blanket/FW/Tritium Fuel Cycle Systems towards FNSF & DEMO Readiness – Input to FESAC Strategic Plan Panel on Blanket/FW Research Initiatives |
Ed Barnat, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque N.M. | Dynamic exploratory clusters: Facilitating inter-disciplinary discovery driven research |
L.R. Baylor, G.L. Bell, T. S. Bigelow, J. B. Caughman, R. H. Goulding, G.R. Hanson, and D.A. Rasmussen, ORNL, J. C. Hosea, G. Taylor, and R. Perkins, PPPL, J. M. Lohr, P. B. Parks, and R. I. Pinsker, GA, G. Nusinovich, U. of Maryland, M. A. Shapiro and R. J. Temkin, MIT | Plasma Controlling and Actuation Technologies that Enable Long Pulse Burning Plasma Science – Status and Priorities |
R. Boivin (GA), M. Austin (UT), T. Biewer (ORNL), D. Brower (UCLA), E. Doyle (UCLA), G. McKee (UW), P. Snyder (GA) | Enhanced Validation of Performance-Defining Physics through Measurement Innovation |
Dylan Brennan, President, UFA, Phil Ferguson, ORNL, Raymond Fonck, UWISC, Miklos Porkolab, MIT, Stewart Prager, PPPL, Ned Sauthoff US ITER, Tony Taylor, GA | Perspectives on Ten-Year Planning for the Fusion Energy Sciences Program |
USBPO Diagnostics Topical Group: David L. Brower, Leader. Theodore M. Biewer, Deputy, with R. Boivin, R. Moyer, C. Skinner, D. Thomas, K. Tritz, and K. Young | A Burning Plasma Diagnostic Initiative for the US Magnetic Fusion Energy Science Program |
M. R. Brown, representing P. M. Bellan, S. A. Cohen, D. Hwang, E. V. Belova. Swarthmore College | The role of compact torus research in fusion energy science |
Tom Brown, PPPL, A Personal View | U.S. Next Step Strategy for Magnetic Fusion |
C. Denise Caldwell, NSF MPS-PHY | NSF'S Plasma Physics Program |
R.W. Callis, A. Garofalo, V. Chan, H. Guo, GA | Applied Scientific Research to Prepare the Technology for Blanket and Nuclear Components to Enable Design of the Next-Step Burning Plasma Device (Status) |
R.W. Callis, A. Garofalo, V. Chan, H. Guo, GA | Applied Scientific Research to Prepare the Technology for Blanket and Nuclear Components to Enable Design of the Next-Step Burning Plasma Device (Initiative) |
C.S. Chang, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | First-Principles Simulation of the Whole Fusion Physics on Leadership Class Computers, in collaboration with ASCR scientists |
B. Coppi, MIT Physics | The High Field Compact Line of Experiment: From Alcator to Ignitor and Beyond |
R Paul Drake, University of Michigan | Opportunities and Challenges in High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas |
R Paul Drake, University of Michigan | Initiatives in High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas |
Philip C. Efthimion, PPPL | OFES Stewardship of Plasma Science and its Partnering and Leveraging Discovery Science |
R. Fonck, UWISC, G. McKee, GA, D. Smith, PPPL | Revitalizing university and national facility integration in Fusion Energy Science |
W. Fox, A. Bhattacharjee, H. Ji, K. Hill, I. Kaganovich, and R. Davidson, PPPL, A. Spitkovsky, Princeton U., D.D. Meyerhofer, R. Betti, D. Froula, and P. Nilson, U. Rochester, D. Uzdensky and C. Kuranz, UMICH, R. Petrasso and C.K. Li, MIT PSFC, S. Glenzer, SLAC | Laboratory astrophysics and basic plasma physics with high-energy-density, laser-produced plasmas |
E. Fredrickson, PPPL | Some Recent Advances in Understanding of Energetic Particle Driven Instabilities and Fast-ion Confinement. |
Andrea M. Garofalo and Tony S. Taylor, GA | Leveraging International Collaborations to Accelerate Development of the Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) |
S. H. Glenzer, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory | US leadership in Discovery Plasma & Fusion Science |
R. Goldston, PPPL, B. LaBombard, D. Whyte, M. Zarnstorff, MIT PSFC | A Strategy for Resolving the Problems of Plasma-Material Interaction for FNSF |
C.M. Greenfield for the U.S. Burning Plasma Organization | Positioning the U.S. to Play a Leading Role in and Benefit from a Successful ITER Research Program |
Martin Greenwald, a personal view | Implications and Lessons from 2007 Strategic Planning Activity and Subsequent Events |
H.Y. Guo, E.A. Unterberg, S.L. Allen, D.N. Hill, A.W. Leonard, P.C. Stangeby, D.M. Thomas and DIII-D BPMIC Team | Developing Heat Flux and Advanced Material Solutions for Next-Step Fusion Devices |
W. Guttenfelder, E. Belova, N.N. Gorelenkov, S.M. Kaye, J.E. Menard, M. Podesta, Y. Ren, and W.X. Wang, PPPL, D.L. Brower, N. Crocker, W.A. Peebles, T.L. Rhodes, and L. Schmitz, UCLA, J. Candy, G.M. Staebler, and R.E. Waltz, GA, J. Hillesheim, CCFE, C. Holland, UCSD, J.H. Irby and A.E. White, MIT, J.E. Kinsey, CompX, F.M. Levinton and H. Yuh, Nova Photonics, M.J. Pueschel, UWisc | Validating electromagnetic turbulence and transport effects for burning plasmas |
G.W. Hammett, PPPL, with input from C.S. Chang, S. Kaye, and A. H. Hakim, PPPL, A. Pletzer and J. Cary, Tech-X | An Advanced Computing Initiative To Study Methods of Improving Fusion |
R. J. Hawryluk PPPL, H. Berk UTEXAS, B. Breizman, UTEXAS, D. Darrow, PPPL, R. Granetz, MIT, D. Hillis, ORNL, A. Kritz, LEHIGH, G. Navrati, COLUMBIA U., T. Rafiq, LEHIGH, S. Sabbagh, COLUMBIA U, G. Wurden, LANL, and M. C. Zarnstorff, PPPL | US Collaboration on JET D-T Experiments |
David N. Hill, LLNL | Develop the basis for PMI solutions for FNSF and DEMO |
Matthew M. Hopkins, Sandia National Laboratories | Overcoming Cultural Challenges to Increasing Reliance on Predictive Simulation | W. Horton, H. L. Berk, C. Michoski, and D. Meyerson, UTEXAS Austin, I. Alvarado and L. Wenzel, National Instruments, Austin, Texas, A. Molvik, D. Ryutov, T. Simonen, and B. Hooper, LLNL, J. F. Santarius, UWISC | A Fusion Science Facility to Evaluate Materials for Fusion Reactors |
P. W. Humrickhouse, M. Shimada, B. J. Merrill, L. C. Cadwallader, and C. N. Taylor, Idaho National Laboratory | Tritium research needs in support of long-pulse burning plasmas: gaps, status, and priorities |
P. W. Humrickhouse, M. Shimada, B. J. Merrill, L. C. Cadwallader, and C. N. Taylor, Idaho National Laboratory | Tritium research needs in support of long-pulse burning plasmas: new initiatives |
T. R. Jarboe, C. J. Hansen, A. C. Hossack, G. J. Marklin, K. D. Morgan, B. A. Nelson, D. A. Sutherland, and B. S. Victor | Helicity Injected Torus (HIT) Current Drive Program |
Thomas R. Jarboe PI, Richard Milroy Co-PI, Brian Nelson Co-PI, and Uri Shumlak Co-PI, University of Washington, Carl Sovinec PI, University of Wisconsin, Eric Held, Utah State, Vyacheslav Lukin, NRL | Plasma Science and Innovation Center (PSI-Center) at Washington, Wisconsin, Utah State, and NRL |
T. R. Jarboe, C. J. Hansen, A. C. Hossack, G. J. Marklin, K. D. Morgan, B. A. Nelson, R. Raman, D. A. Sutherland, B. S. Victor, and S. You | An Imposed Dynamo Current Drive experiment: studying and developing efficient current drive with sufficient confinement at high temperature |
For SCIDAC: S. Jardin, PPPL, N. Ferraro, GA, A. Glasser, UWash, V. Izzo, UCSD, S. Kruger TechX, C. Sovinec, HRS Fusion, H. Strauss, UWISC | Increased Understanding and Predictive Modeling of Tokamak Disruptions |
H. Ji for the WOPA Team | Initiative for Major Opportunities in Plasma Astrophysics in Discovery Plasma Science in Fusion Energy Sciences |
H. Ji, PPPL, C. Forest, UWISC, M. Mauel, Columbia U., S. Prager, PPPL, J. Sarff, PPPL, and E. Thomas, Auburn U. | Initiative for a New Program Component for Intermediate-Âscale Experiments in Discovery Plasma Science in Fusion Energy Sciences |
C. E. Kessel, P. W. Humrickhouse, N. Morley, S. Smolentsev, M. E. Rensink, T. D. Rognlien | Critical Fusion Nuclear Material Science Activities Required Over the Next Decade to Establish the Scientific Basis for a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility |
C. E. Kessel, J. P. Blanchard, A. Davis, L. El-Guebaly, N. Ghoniem, P. W. Humrickhouse, A. Khodak, S. Malang, B. Merrill, N. Morley, G. H. Neilson, F. M. Poli, M. E. Rensink, T. D. Rognlien, A. Rowcliffe, S. Smolentsev, L. Snead, M. S. Tillack, P. Titus, L. Waganer, A. Ying, K. Young, Y. Zhai | Critical Fusion Nuclear Material Science Activities Required Over the Next Decade to Establish the Scientific Basis for a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility |
Mike Kotschenreuther, Swadesh Mahajan, Prashant Valanju, Brent Covele, and Francois Waelbroeck, IFS, University of Texas; Steve Cowley UKAEA, John Canik ORNL, Brian LaBombard MIT, Houyang Guo, GA | Taming the Heat Flux Problem, Advanced Divertors towards Fusion Power |
Predrag Krstić, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, SBU, Igor Kaganovich, Daren Stotler, Bruce Koel, PPPL | Priorities: Integrated Multi-Scale Divertor Simulation Project |
Predrag Krstić, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, SBU, Igor Kaganovich, Daren Stotler, Bruce Koel PPPL | Initiatives: Integrated Multi-Scale Divertor Simulation Project |
Mark J. Kushner, UMICH, EECS, Co-submitted by 28 other scientists, at 22 other locations | A Low Temperature Plasma Science Program: Discovery Science for Societal Benefit |
Brian LaBombard, MIT PSFC | High priority divertor and PMI research on the pathway to FNSF/DEMO. |
B. LaBombard, E. Marmar, J. Irby, J. Terry, R. Vieira, D.G. Whyte, S. Wolfe, S. Wukitch, N. Asakura, W. Beck, P. Bonoli, D. Brower, J. Doody, L. Delgado-Aparicio, R. Ellis, D. Ernst, C. Fiore, R. Granetz, M. Greenwald, Z.S. Hartwig, A. Hubbard, J.W. Hughes, I.H. Hutchinson, C. Kessel, M. Kotschenreuther, S. Krasheninnikiov, R. Leccacorvi, Y. Lin, B. Lipschultz, S. Mahajan, J. Minervini, R. Nygren, R. Parker, F. Poli, M. Porkolab, M.L. Reinke, J. Rice, T. Rognlien, W. Rowan, D. Ryutov, S. Scott, S. Shiraiwa, D. Terry, C. Theiler, P. Titus, G. Tynan, M. Umansky, P. Valanju, F. Waelbroeck, G. Wallace, A. White, J.R. Wilson, S.J. Zweben | ADX: a high field, high power density advanced divertor tokamak experiment. Mission: Develop and demonstrate plasma exhaust and PMI physics solutions that scale to long pulse at FNSF/DEMO divertor parameters. |
T.C. Luce, R.J. Buttery, C.C. Petty, M.R. Wade, GA | Preparing the Foundations for Burning Plasmas and Steady-state Tokamak Operation |
T.C. Luce, GA | Missions and Priorities for the US Fusion Program—the Role of Burning Plasma and Steady-State Tokamak Physics |
N.C. Luhmann, Jr., A.V. Pham (UC Davis), T. Munsat (U. Colorado) | Advanced Electronics Development for Fusion Diagnostics |
R. Maingi, M.A. Jaworski, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, C.H. Skinner, and D.P. Stotler, PPPL, J.P. Allain, D. Andruczyk, D. Currelli, and D.N. Ruzic, Princeton University, B.E. Koel, UIUC | A Liquid Metal PFC Initiative |
E. S. Marmar, on behalf of the MIT Alcator Team | Priorities and Opportunities, White Paper for MIT/PSFC 10 Year Research Plan |
E. S. Marmar, on behalf of the MIT Alcator Team | Initiatives led by the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center: Successful Completion of Alcator C-Mod and Transition to a New, Advanced Divertor High-Field Tokamak Facility |
M. Mauel, D. Garnier, J. Kesner, P. Michael, M. Porkolab, T. Roberts, P. Woskov, Dept of Applied Physics and Applied Math, Columbia U., MIT PSFC | Multi-University Research to Advance Discovery Fusion Energy Science using a Superconducting Laboratory Magnetosphere |
J. Menard, R. Fonck, R. Majeski for the NSTX-U, Pegasus, and LTX research teams | U.S. Spherical Tokamak Program Initiatives for the Next Decade |
T. Munsat (U. Colorado), N.C. Luhmann, Jr. (UC Davis), B. Tobias (PPPL) | Center for Imaging and Visualization in Tokamak Plasmas |
Joseph V. Minervini and Miklos Porkolab, MIT PSFC | Superconducting Magnets Research for a Viable US Fusion Program |
R. R. Parker, G-S. Baek, P. T. Bonoli, B. LaBombard, Y. Lin, M. Porkolab, S. Shiraiwa, G. M. Wallace, S. J. Wukitch, D. Whyte, MIT PSFC | RF Actuators for Steady-State Tokamak Development |
R.D. Petrasso, R.P. Drake, and R.C. Mancini, members of the Omega Laser Facility User Group (OLUG) | Oppositely directed laser beams at the OMEGE-ÂEP Facility for advancing HED Physics: A Finding and Recommendation of the Omega Laser Facility Users Group to FESAC |
C. K. Phillips PPPL and P. T. Bonoli MIT, L. A. Berry, XCEL, N. Bertelli, PPPL, D. D’Ippolito, Lodestar, D. L. Green, ORNL, R.W. Harvey, CompX, E. F. Jaeger, XCEL, J. Myra, Lodestar, Y. Petrov, CompX, M. Porkolab, S. Shiraiwa, MIT, D.N. Smithe, TechX, E. J. Valeo, PPPL, and J. C. Wright, MIT | International Collaborative Initiative for RF Simulation Models in support of ITER and the ITER Integrated Modeling Program: Status and Priorities |
C. K. Phillips PPPL and P. T. Bonoli MIT, L. A. Berry, XCEL, N. Bertelli, PPPL, D. D’Ippolito, Lodestar, D. L. Green, ORNL, R.W. Harvey, CompX, E. F. Jaeger, XCEL, J. Myra, Lodestar, Y. Petrov, CompX, M. Porkolab, S. Shiraiwa, MIT, D.N. Smithe, TechX, E. J. Valeo, PPPL, and J. C. Wright, MIT | International Collaborative Initiative for RF Simulation Models in support of ITER and the ITER Integrated Modeling Program: Proposed Initiative |
Leanne Pitchford, LAPLACE, CNRS and University of Toulouse III, France | The Plasma Data Exchange Project and the LXCat Platform |
Leanne Pitchford, LAPLACE, CNRS and University of Toulouse, France | Resource request for the Plasma Data Exchange Project and the LXCat platform |
M. Podesta, D. Darrow, E. Fredrickson, G.-Y. Fu1, N. Gorelenkov, J. Menard, and R. White, PPPL, J. K. Anderson, UWisc, W. Boeglin, FIU, B. Breizman, UTexas, D. Brennan, Princeton U., A. Fasoli, CRPP/EPFL, Z. Lin, UCLA Irvine, S. D. Pinches and J. Snipes, ITER, S. Tripathi, UCLA LA, M. Van Zeeland, GA | Development of tools for understanding, predicting and controlling fast ion driven instabilities in fusion plasmas |
S. Prager, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | The PPPL Perspective on Ten Year Planning in Magnetic Fusion |
R. Prater, R.I. Pinsker, V. Chan, A. Garofalo, C. Petty, M. Wade, GA | Optimize Current Drive Techniques Enabling Steady-State Operation of Burning Plasma Tokamaks |
R. Raman, UWash, T.R. Jarboe, UWash, J.E. Menard, S.P. Gerhardt and M. Ono, PPPL | Development of a Fast Time Response Electromagnetic Disruption Mitigation System |
R. Raman, UWash, T.R. Jarboe, and B.A. Nelson, UWash, T. Brown, J.E. Menard, D. Mueller, and M. Ono, PPPL | Simplifying the ST and AT Concepts |
J. Rapp, D.L. Hillis, J.P. Allain, J.N. Brooks, H.Y. Guo, A. Hassanein, D. Hill, R. Maingi, D. Ruzic, O Schmitz, E. Scime, G. Tynan | Material Facilities Initiative: MPEX and FMITS |
S.A. Sabbagh and J.M. Hanson, Columbia U., N. Commaux, ORNL, N. Eidietis, R. La Haye, and M. Walker, GAVE, S.P. Gerhardt, E. Kolemen. J.E. Menard, PPPL, B. Granetz, MIT, V. Izzo, UCSD, R. Raman, U. WASHINGTON, S. Woodruff, Woodruff Scientific | Critical Need for Disruption Prediction, Avoidance, and Mitigation in Tokamaks |
Alla Safronova, Physics Department, University of Nevada | Significance of Atomic Physics for Magnetically Confined Fusion and High-Energy-Density Laboratory Plasmas, Status, priorities, and initiatives white paper |
J.S. Sarff, A.F. Almagri, J.K. Anderson, D.L. Brower, B.E. Chapman, D. Craig, D.R. Demers, D.J. Den Hartog, W. Ding, C.B. Forest, J.A. Goetz, K.J. McCollam, M.D. Nornberg, C.R. Sovinec, P.W. Terry, and Collaborators | Opportunities and Context for Reversed Field Pinch Research |
Ann Satsangi, OFES DOE | Discovery Plasma Science: A question on Facilities |
T. Schenkel, P. Seidl, W. Waldron, A. Persaud, LBNL, John Barnard and Alex Friedman, LLNL, E. Gilson, I. Kaganovich, and R. Davidson, PPPL, A. Minor and P. Hosemann, University of California, Berkeley | Discovery Science with Intense, Pulsed Ion Beams |
Peter Seidl, Thomas Schenkel, Arun Persaud, and W.L. Waldron, LBNL, John Barnard and Alex Friedman, LLNL, Erik Gilson, Igor Kaganovich, and Ronald Davidson, PPPL | Heavy-Ion-Driven Inertial Fusion Energy |
David R. Smith, UWISC | Data science and data accessibility at national fusion facilities |
E.J. Strait, GA | Establishing the Basis for Sustained Tokamak Fusion through Stability Control and Disruption Avoidance: (I) Present Status |
E.J. Strait, GA | Establishing the Basis for Sustained Tokamak Fusion through Stability Control and Disruption Avoidance: (II) Proposed Research |
William Tang, PPPL | Validated Integrated Fusion Simulations Enabled by Extreme Scale Computing |
P.W. Terry UWISC, Peter Catto MIT, Nikolai Gorelenkov PPPL, Jim Myra LODESTAR, Dmitri Ryutov LLNL, Phil Snyder GA, and F. Waelbroeck UTEXAS | Role of Analytic Theory in the US Magnetic Fusion Program |
The University Fusion Association | The Role of Universities in Discovery Science |
Mickey R. Wade, GA, for the DIII-D Team | Developing the Scientific Basis for the Burning Plasma Era and Fusion Energy Development, (A 10-Year Vision for DIII-D) |
Anne White, Paul Bonoli, Bob Granetz, Martin Greenwald, Zach Hartwig, Jerry Hughes, Jim Irby, Brian LaBombard, Earl Marmar, Miklos Porkolab, Syun’ichi Shiraiwa, Rui Vieira, Greg Wallace, and Graham Wright, MIT, David Brower, Neal Crocker, and Terry Rhodes, UCLA, Walter Guttenfelder, PPPL, Chris Holland, UCSD, Nathan Howard, ORISE, George McKee, UWISC | A new research initiative for “Validation Teams†|
G. Wurden, S. Hsu, T. Intrator, C. Grabowski, J. Degnan, M. Domonkos, P. Turchi, M. Herrmann, D. Sinars, M. Campbell , R. Betti , D. Ryutov, B. Bauer, I. Lindemuth, R. Siemon, R. Miller, M. Laberge, M. Delage | Magnetoâ€Inertial Fusion |
D. Whyte, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center | Exploiting high magnetic fields from new superconductors will provide a faster and more attractive fusion development path |
X. Q. Xu, LLNL | International collaboration on theory, validation, and integrated simulation |
J. Freidberg, E. Marmar, MIT, H. Neilson , M. Zarnstorff, PPPL | The Case for QUASAR (NCSX) |
Thomas Klinger, Hans-Stephan Bosch, Per Helander, Thomas Sunn Pedersen, Robert Wolf Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics | A Perspective on QUASAR |
Thomas Klinger, Hans-Stephan Bosch, Per Helander, Thomas Sunn Pedersen, Robert Wolf Max-Planck Institute For Plasma Physics | Status And Prospects Of The U.S. Collaboration With The Max-Planck Institute For Plasma Physics On Stellarator Research On The Wendelstein 7-X Device |
H. Neilson, D. Gates, M. Zarnstorff, S. Prager, PPPL | Management Strategy for QUASAR |
Members of the National Stellarator Coordinating Committee | Control of High-Performance Steady-State Plasmas: Status of Gaps and Stellarator Solutions |
Members of the National Stellarator Coordinating Committee | Solutions for Steady-State High Performance MFE: A U.S. Stellarator Program for the Next Ten Years |
Oliver Schmitz, UWISC, on behalf of U.S. stellarator collaborators | Development of 3-D divertor solutions for stellarators through coordinated domestic and international research |
Matt Landreman, University of Maryland, on behalf of the US Stellarator Coordinating Committee | 3D theory and computation: A costâ€effective means to address “longâ€pulse†and “control†gaps |