DOE OSTI · 2377328
The Compelling Need for a Mid-Scale Stellarator Facility
Abstract
In the pursuit of the goal of commercial fusion as an abundant and safe source of energy, the stellarator is a leading concept with compelling attractiveness and demonstrated performance. In this white paper we, as a community of US researchers from Universities, National Laboratories, and Private Industry, involved in studying the stellarator concept, lay out the programmatic and technical motivation for a new mid-size stellarator research facility in the US. This contribution is complementary to several other whitepapers authored by members of our community which address different mid-scale stellarator aspects. A community based technical facility proposal has been prepared by F. Parra, et al: Flexible Stellarator Physics Facility. Two private stellarator companies have submitted proposals supporting the development of a mid-scale stellarator: Thea Energy (C.P.S. Swanson, et al.), Type One Energy (W. Guttenfelder, et al.).
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Pablant, N. A., Anderson, D., Anderson, J. K., Anderson, S., Andruczyk, D., Bader, A., Baek, S.-G., Ballinger, B., Baylor, L. B., Bertelli, N., Bhattacharjee, A., Boozer, A. H., Canik, J., Cerfon, A., Chang, C. S., Churchill, R. M., Curreli, D., De Pascuale, S., Delgao-Aparicio, L., Demers, D. R., Den Hartog, D. J., Deng, C., Dominguez, A., Dorland, W., Dudson, B. D., Edlund, E., Ennis, D., Faber, B. J., Fonck, R., Freidberg, J. P., Gates, D. A., Geiger, B., Glasser, A. H., Granetz, R., Guttenfelder, W., Hager, R., Hammond, K. C., Hanson, J. D., Harris, J. H., Hassam, A., Hegna, C. C., Heidbrink, W., Hinson, E. H., Hudson, S. R., Jorge, R., Joseph, I., Klepper, C.C.K., Knowlton, S., Kolemen, E., Kriete, M. D., Kruger, T., Kumar, S., Landreman, M., Likin, K. M., Lin, Z., Lore, J. D., Lowe, C., Lunsford, R., Mandell, N., Maurer, D., Michoski, C., Mollen, A., Mynick, H., Naik, S., Neilson, G. H., Nespoli, F., Parra, F., Paul, E., Porkolab, M., Prager, S., Pueschel, M. J., Punjabi, A., Ram, A., Reiman, A., Ruzic, D., Sarff, J. S., Schmitt, J., Schmitz, O., Schwartz, J., Sengupta, W., Shiraiwa, S., Smith, D. R., Spong, D. A., Swanson, C. P. S., Talmadge, J. N., Terry, J., Unterberg, E. U., Ware, A., Weitzner, H., Wright, A. M., Wurden, Glen Anthony, Zarnstorff, M., Zhu, B.. 2024-06-24. The Compelling Need for a Mid-Scale Stellarator Facility. https://doi.org/10.2172/2377328
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