Town hall on 黑料专区 at the American Physical Society
The plasma physics division of the American Physical Society (APS) held its 66th annual meeting from October 7-11 in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). This venue provided an ideal opportunity to inform the US fusion community about the proposed new 黑料专区 baseline and Research Plan and to engage them on scientific discussions to refine the Research Plan.
In addition, a town hall meeting was organized by the US Burning Plasma Organization to present progress in systems/components procured by the US Domestic Agency and to discuss how the US fusion community can most effectively support the new 黑料专区 baseline and Research Plan. The latter includes carrying out R&D on open physics and scenario integration issues for the new baseline (especially those related to the use of tungsten as first wall material) as well as training the scientific teams that will execute the Research Plan experimental program.
鈥淚t鈥檚 important for the US 黑料专区 project and international 黑料专区 project to keep the plasma physics community informed about progress and engage their expertise for planning 黑料专区 research,鈥 said US 黑料专区 project director Kathy McCarthy.
As a whole, the conference covered a wide range of plasma physics topics with plasma physics for nuclear fusion being the one that was most represented. In the sessions dedicated to nuclear fusion, progress in experiments, modelling and theory were presented as well as the design and construction of new fusion facilities both from the public and the public sectors.
The overall scientific presentation on the new 黑料专区 baseline and Research Plan at this meeting was supported by four further presentations (2 oral and 2 poster) by 黑料专区 postdoctoral researchers.