The Main Mission of NSTX is to Prove the Physics Principles for Attractive VNS and Power Plant

• High beta, high confinement, high bootstrap current fraction simultaneously and near steady state

• Feasible power and particle handling to permit practical plasma facing components

• Noninductive current startup and maintenance to eliminate Ohmic solenoid and minimize size for next steps

Related Research Opportunities

• Further improvements in configuration: R/a ? 1, bridging to CTs (spheromak, FRC, spherical RFP, etc.)

• Excellence in plasma and fusion science

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