Purpose |
To identify possible experimental approaches that would permit exploration of the science of burning plasmas to begin near the end of this decade.
Scope |
The Workshop will explore various experimental opportunities for pursing the science of burning plasmas and, for each approach, its capability to explore the scientific issues of burning plasmas identified in the first Burning Plasma Science Workshop. The workshop will also seek to identify technological opportunities which could measurably improve the performance, reliability or operational flexibility of burning plasma experiments.
For this Workshop, a boundary condition is imposed limiting approaches to those that could be put into operation within about ten years. If sufficient interest warrants, a future workshop could look beyond the ten-year time frame or at "low-cost/high-risk" concepts.
In addition to identifying promising approaches, an important objective is to identify key scientific and technical issues related to the projected performance of each approach. Specifically:
Format |
The Workshop will follow the format used successfully in
Snowmass
and the first
Burning Plasma Science Workshop, namely a combination
of plenary and breakout sessions. The plenary sessions will be
devoted to discussions of both generic science-to-technology
requirements and integrated concept descriptions and capabilities,
while the breakout sessions will primarily address the questions
posed above for concepts and "generic" technologies identified in the
plenary sessions. Those interested in presenting plenary or breakout
session talks should send abstracts to the Workshop Organizing
Committee Chair,
Ron Parker (parkerpsfc.mit.edu)
and to
John Wesley (wesley
fusion.gat.com)
by 23 March 2001. The Organizing Committee anticipates that specific
plenary and breakout session topics and chairpersons will be identified
shortly.