Announcement and description in PDF format
Background
The ARIES design team is developing a new design proposal and
will be holding a series of workshops to develop community input
and explore ideas. ARIES has completed a number of power plant
designs. We are now considering what might be needed to bridge
the gap between ITER/IFMIF and an attractive power plant. Three
types of devices have been discussed in the community as those
needed to bridge the gap between ITER/IFMIF and fusion power
plants.
- A device that can explore AT burning plasma with high
power density and high bootstrap fraction (with performance goals
similar to ARIES-RS/AT).
- A device with steady-state operation at moderate Q (even D
plasma) to develop operational scenarios (i.e. plasma control),
disruption avoidance, divertor physics (and developing &
fielding divertor hardware), etc.
- Component/technology testing (CTF).
Scope of workshop
The ARIES program is considering tokamak-based devices that might
address the objectives of the three devices listed above and can
be fielded in the next 10-15 years assuming a success driven
strategy based on aggressive physics and engineering (i.e., based
on the anticipated self-consistent/integrated performance on
existing devices). The tools developed for this study can be important
in exploring AT burning plasma physics. Such a study would also
provide strong feedback to present research on key R&D topics.
This workshop is the first in a series to get the community input
and explore different ideas. The workshop is focused on three general
topics:
- What are the benefits of such devices to US fusion research (i.e.,
exploring possible mission and performance goals)?
- What are the expected physics advances/improvements that could
be utilized in designing such a device?
- What are the expected technology advances/improvements that
could be utilized in designing such a device?
Last modified: Wed Apr 19 10:02:26 PDT 2006