Exploratory Plasma Research

Resources

Links to published Innovative Confinement Concepts papers in the Journal of Fusion Energy:

Special Editions on Innovative Confinement Concepts
http://link.springer.com/ (Search: Innovative Confinement Concepts)

Vol. 28, No. 2 / June 2009

Vol. 27, Nos. 1-2 / June 2008

Vol. 26, Nos. 1-2 / June 2007

Links to all of the institutions with a stake in CE and POP-level programs, for example:

Innovative Confinement Concepts in the DOE program:

Device

Type

Location

Since

Dev Level

MST

Rfp

U Wisc

1985

PoP

NSTX

ST

PPPL

1999

PoP

HIT-SI

Spheromak

U Wash

2004

CE

TCS

Frc

RPPL

1996

CE

PBX

Spheromak

WSI

2009

EC

ACE

Spheromak

WSI

2010

EC

CDX-U

ST

PPPL

1993

CE

HSX

Stellarator

U Wisc

1999

CE

LDX

Dipole

MIT

1999

CE

FRX-L

FRC

LANL

2003

CE

Pegasus

ST

U Wisc

1998

CE

MCX

Mirror

U Maryland

2001

CE

Bernouli exp

Mirror

U Texas

1999

CE

ZAP

Z-pinch

U Wash

1998

CE

CTIX

CT injection

UC Davis

1999

Basic

CAT

Stellarator

Auburn

1992

CE

MRX

reconnection

PPPL

1995

Basic

SSX

Frc/spheromak

Swarthmore

1996

Basic

BSX

Spheromak

Caltech

1999

Basic

Basic – Basic Plasma Science: critical to the ICC program
EC – Emerging Concept
CE – Concept Exploration
POP – Proof of Principle

Industry doing innovative things:
Tri-Alpha Energy
Eastlund Scientific Enterprises Corp. (ESEC)
EMC2 Fusion Development Corporation
Innovation Services, Inc.
Lodestar, Inc.
Plasma Processes, Inc.
HyPerComp, Inc.
Technova Corporation
Ultramet
Calabazas Creek Research, Inc
Diversified Technologies, Inc.
FAR-TECH, Inc.
HY-Tech Research Corporation
Nova Photonics, Inc.
Physical Sciences Inc.
Voss Scientific, LLC
HyperV Technologies Corporation
NumerEx, LLC
LCF Amps
Woodruff Scientific Inc