NSTX
The National Spherical Torus Experiment at PPPL, a low-aspect-ratio tokamak sharing the compact, high-beta philosophy with FRCs.
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- → LANL EconomicalFusionPower 2017 (p. 2) — 2017 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL EconomicalFusionPower 2017 (p. 3) — 2017 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL Hsu Economical Fusion 2017 (p. 2) — 2017 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL Hsu Economical Fusion 2017 (p. 3) — 2017 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Timeline Mentions (8)
Project Sherwood declassified at Geneva Conference
Fusion research declassified at 2nd Atoms for Peace conference. Sherwood becomes CTR program.
Operation Hardtack I
U.S. high-altitude nuclear tests provide empirical data on high-beta plasma stability and diamagnetic cavity formation in the Earth's magnetic field.
Starfish Prime Nuclear Test
A 1.4-megaton detonation at 400km altitude creates a massive high-beta plasma fireball, demonstrating stable macroscopic plasma structures on a geophysical scale.
Astron experiment funding cancelled at LLNL
16-year project ends without achieving field reversal. Compact torus concept disperses to spheromak and FRC research.
Christofilos Astron experiment cancelled at LLNL
17-year Astron project ends. Field reversal concept disperses to LANL (FRC) and LLNL/PPPL (spheromak).
PPPL Compact Toruses Symposium
PPPL symposium consolidating compact toroid (FRC/spheromak) research.
US-Japan Joint Symposium on Compact Toruses
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) hosted a collaborative symposium focusing on Spheromaks, FRCs, and relativistic-beam injection, marking a convergence of US and Japanese fusion programs.
FRX-C experiment begins operation at LANL
FRX-C demonstrates R² confinement scaling — foundational FRC physics. Beta highest of any fusion confinement.