Report of panel 3: Concept improvement

The charge to Panel 3 was to look at the idea of concept improvements in the context of US DOE management of the magnetic fusion program. The panel suggested that if DOE were commited to the idea of concept improvement, it needed to overcome the existing impression it was not receptive to new ideas....

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Published in:Journal of fusion energy 1992-12, Vol.11 (3-4), p.163-169
Main Authors: Dean, Stephen O., Ripin, Barrett H., Batchelor, Don, Berkner, Klaus, Ellis, William R., Gentle, Kenneth W., Kaye, Stanley M., Logan, B. Grant, Marmar, Earl, Navratil, Gerald, Ness, Norman F., Ohkawa, Tihiro, Siemon, Richard E., Steiner, Don, Weitzner, Harold
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
290500 - Energy Planning & Policy- Research, Development, Demonstration, & Commercialization
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700412 - Magnetic Confinement Devices- (1992-)
700490 - Fusion Technology- Economics- (1992-)
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
CLOSED CONFIGURATIONS
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONFINEMENT
ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY
MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STELLARATORS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
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Summary:The charge to Panel 3 was to look at the idea of concept improvements in the context of US DOE management of the magnetic fusion program. The panel suggested that if DOE were commited to the idea of concept improvement, it needed to overcome the existing impression it was not receptive to new ideas. In part the long time scale for development of fusion energy, coupled with the rate of change of scientific programs and research based on emerging knowledge, means that in general the program will be much different ten to twenty years in the future. To be able to meet this changing direction, the US program must maintain an openness to look at promising alternative ideas, spend money on developing the ideas, and consider funding some to intermediate development levels. Stellerator research was offered as one alternative to consider in light of present international work. The panel urged supporting the development of new concepts and ideas, as well as continued support for plasma physics basic research.
ISSN:0164-0313
1572-9591
DOI:10.1007/BF01059520