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Burning Plasma Reports

Includes reports from Community Workshops, Basic Research Needs (BRN) Workshops, FESAC panels, National Academies, USBPO

Type	Year	Title	Contacts
BRN	2025	Stellarator Technology and Advanced Research Strategies (STARS) Workshop	Novimir Pablant, Adelle Wright
BRN	2025	IFE-STAR Workshop	Liz Conrow, Dustin Froula, Tammy Ma, Carmen Menoni
BRN	2024	Private Facility Research (PFR) program workshop	Josh King, Colleen Nehl
FESAC	2024	FESAC Facilities Construction Projects	Brian Wirth, Carlos Paz-Soldan
FESAC	2023	International Collaboration Opportunities, Modes, and Workforce Impacts for Advancement of US Fusion Energy	David Humphreys, Paul Bonoli
BRN	2022	US ITER Research Program	Chuck Greenfield, Cami Collins
BRN	2022	DOE Workshop on Fusion Energy Development via Public-Private Partnerships	Scott Hsu
NAS	2021	Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid	Rich Hawryluk
NAS	2021	PLASMA SCIENCE: Enabling Technology, Sustainability, Security, and Exploration	Mark Kushner, Gary Zank
FESAC	2020	Powering the Future: Fusion & Plasmas	Troy Carter
Comm Wkshp	2020	A Community Plan for Fusion Energy and Discovery Plasma Sciences	Scott Baalrud, Nate Ferraro, Lauren Garrison, Nathan Howard, Carolyn Kuranz, John Sarff, Earl Scime, Wayne Solomon
NAS	2019	A Strategic Plan for Burning Plasma Research	Mike Mauel, Melvyn Shochet
FESAC	2018	Transformative Enabling Capabilities for Efficient Advance Toward Fusion Energy	Rajesh Maingi, Arnie Lumsdaine
BRN	2015	Workshop on Transients	Chuck Greenfield, Raffi Nazikian
BRN	2015	Workshop on Integrated Simulations for Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences	Paul Bonoli, Lois Curfman McInnes
BRN	2015	Fusion Energy Sciences Workshop on Plasma Materials Interactions	Rajesh Maingi, Steve Zinkle
FESAC	2014	Strategic Planning	Mark Koepke, Steve Zinkle
FESAC	2013	Prioritization of Scientific User Facilities during 2014-2024	John Sarff, Don Rej
FESAC	2013	Magnetic Fusion Energy Program Priorities	Robert Rosner
FESAC	2012	Opportunities and Modes of International Collaboration During the ITER Era	Dale Meade
BRN	2009	Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences ReNeW Workshop	Richard Hazeltine, Dave Hill, Hutch Neilson
USBPO	2009	Report of the Burning Plasma Organization Panel on Planning for US Participation in ITER	Earl Marmar
FESAC	2008	Advancing the Science of Alternate Toroidal Magnetic Fusion Concepts	Dave Hill
NRC	2008	A Review of the DOE Plan for U.S. Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program	Patrick Colestock
FESAC	2007	Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities: Towards A Long-Range Strategic Plan For Magnetic Fusion Energy	Martin Greenwald

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USBPO (and friends) Webinars

The USBPO has hosted many webinars on a variety of burning-plasma related topics. Links to slides and/or video added where available. Webinars hosted by others are included here at the request of their hosts.

Date	Speaker	Title	Slides	Video
07/31/2025	Carlos Paz-Soldan and students (Columbia University)	CENTAUR: Compact Experimental Negative TriAngUlarity Reactor (webinar hosted by Columbia University)	Slides	Video
04/13/2023	Paul Thomas (Tokamak Energy)	Reactor concept with a Spherical Tokamak
03/02/2023	Carlos Paz-Soldan and students (Columbia University)	MANTA: Modular Adjustable Negative Triangularity ARC – a MIT/Columbia student tokamak	Slides	Video
01/12/2023	Paul Humrickhouse (ORNL)	Overview of the safety and licensing aspects of future fusion power plants	Slides	Video
11/17/2022	Cami Collins (ORNL) and Chuck Greenfield (General Atomics)	The US ITER Research Team Report	Slides	Video
10/13/2022	Mike Zarnstorff (PPPL)	Burning plasma aspects and reactor concept with a Stellarator
09/15/2022	Laila El-Guebaly (Wisconsin)	Overview of environmental aspects of future fusion power plants	Slides
05/26/2022	Annie Kritcher (LLNL)	Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion
05/05/2022	Michl Binderbauer (TAE)	Fusion via Beam-Driven FRCs	Slides
04/14/2022	Cary Forest (Wisconsin)	The High Field Compact Mirror Path to Fusion Energy	Slides
03/24/2022	Charles Kessel (ORNL)	Burning plasma implications on reactor technology	Slides
02/24/2022	Alberto Loarte (ITER Organization)	Burning plasma aspects at ITER	Slides
01/20/2022	Richard Buttery (General Atomics)	The Steady State Approach to a Fusion Pilot Plant	Slides
12/07/2021	Dennis Whyte (MIT)	SPARC, ARC and the high-field path to burning plasmas and commercial fusion energy	Slides
10/21/2021	Laban Coblentz (ITER Organization)	Status of the ITER project and a virtual tour of the ITER site		Video
04/20/2021	Richard Hawryluk (PPPL)	Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid
04/30/2020	Nathan Howard (MIT)	Report of the Community Planning Process – Fusion Science and Technology	Slides
10/04/2019	DPP-CPP co-chairs	Updates on the Community Planning Process: The Path to a Strategic Plan
05/22/2019	Nathan Howard (MIT)	The Community Planning Process for Magnetic Fusion Energy: How to Get Involved
05/02/2019	Xavier Litaudon (CEA)	JET programme in support to ITER and preparation of 2020 DT campaigns	Slides
02/21/2019	Phil Snyder (General Atomics)	Predicting the pedestal in a burning plasma: Progress and research needs	Slides
01/25/2019	Zach Hartwig (MIT)	NAS report on a Strategic Plan for Burning Plasma Research
11/29/2018	Dennis Whyte (MIT)	Introduction to SPARC: A compact high B fusion energy experiment	Slides
10/17/2018	David Humphreys (General Atomics)	Operating without Disruptions in ITER and Beyond	Slides
09/12/2018	Rajesh Maingi (PPPL)	Summary of FESAC report on Transformative Enabling Capabilities for Efficient Advance Toward Fusion Energy	Slides
02/13/2018	Bernard Bigot (ITER Organization)	Update on progress in the ITER project
04/27/2017	David Gates (PPPL)	Needs for Stellarator Research in Fusion Energy Development	Slides
10/06/2016	Dylan Brennan (PPPL)	Recent theoretical progress in understanding runaway electron generation and dynamics	Slides
04/28/2016	Thomas Sunn Pedersen (Max-Planck-Institut)	Overview of physics results from the first operation phase on Wendelstein 7-X.	Slides
03/23/2016	Raffi Nazikian (PPPL)	Progress in understanding of ELM control by resonant magnetic perturbations.
01/07/2016	Francesca Poli (PPPL)	Integrated modeling in support of ITER: the path from the commissioning phase to demonstration scenarios; issues and process	Slides
10/29/2015	Mohamed Sawan (Wisconsin)	Assessment of Critical Neutronics Issues for ITER	Slides
01/23/2015	Brad Nelson (US ITER)	Report on activities of US ITER Project	Slides
09/23/2014	Rajesh Maingi (ORNL)	Recommendations for ITER Experimental Operations Procedures and US ITER formation and management	Slides
07/02/2014	Charles Kessel (PPPL)	Fusion Nuclear Science Facility: What is it and What are the Plasma Requirements?	Slides
02/26/2014	Todd Evans (General Atomics)	A Current Perspective on RMP ELM Mitigation	Slides
12/09/2013	George McKee (Wisconsin) and Gary Staebler (General Atomics)	Recent activities of the ITPA Transport and Confinement Topical Group	Slides
09/25/2013		Thermal and magnetic energy mitigation in ITER
07/24/2013	David Johnson (PPPL)	Status of US ITER Diagnostic Development	Slides
06/12/2013		Report on Energetic Particle Physics ITPA TG	Slides

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