February 5-7, 1997

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Princeton, NJ 08543

(Route 1 North at Sayer Drive)

Registration (25 min, LOB Lobby)

Introduction (35 min, MBG Auditorium)

Welcome (5 min, Schmidt)

Remarks from Office of Fusion energy Sciences (10 min, Dove)

Purpose and product of Forum (10 min, Peng)

Plenary Information Session I: NSTX Overviews (2.5 hrs, MBG Auditorium), Chair: Goldston

Scientific mission and performance goals (25 min, Peng)

(Coffee & donuts, 15 min)

Device and facility capabilities (35 min, Ono)

Physics design considerations overview (30 min, Kaye)

Baseline diagnostics capabilities (25 min, Kaita)

2/5, 1:00 pm:

Plenary Information Session II: NSTX Physics Considerations (2.5 hrs, MBG Auditorium), Chair: Kaye

CHI (25 min, Orvis)

RF and NBI (25 min, Majeski)

Equilibrium and magnetics (25 min, Pomphrey)

MHD stability and bootstrap current (25 min, Menard)

NSTX SOL and divertor (25 min, Mioduszewski)

(Coffee, Soda & cookies, 15 min)

Joint WG Session: WG agendas and topics of discussion (2.25 hrs, B318), Chair: Ono

WG1 (15 min, Jarboe or Yamada)

WG2 (15 min, Batchelor or Majeski)

WG3 (15 min, Fredrickson or Sabbagh)

WG4 (15 min, Synakowski or Fonck)

WG5 (15 min, Mioduszewski or Zweben)

Wrap up (15 min, Peng)

(The agendas for the parallel WG Sessions during the following day are described to identify overlapping topics among the WGs. The final agenda for the WG Sessions will be produced for distribution in the morning of the following day.)

5 Parallel WG Sessions I & II (detail agenda to be finalized by WG Coordinators and Assistants)

WG1. Current Formation and Sustainment by Slow (DC) Mechanisms (S213)

Introduction (Jarboe, Yamada)

Synopsis talks (15 min each)

(Bellan, Hooper, Ji, Moroz, Sarff, Schaffer, Wong, etc.)

Discussion of response to comment forms

Preparation of summary report

WG2. Heating, Current Formation and Sustainment by Fast Mechanisms (B252)

Introduction (Batchelor, Majeski)

Synopsis talks (15 min each)

(Bigelow, Carter, Darrow, D�Ippolito, Efthimion, Intrator, Mau, Menard, Nevins, Ram, Tsung, etc.)

Discussion of response to comment forms

Preparation of summary report

WG3. Magnetics and Stability Limits (B205)

Introduction (Fredrickson, Sabbagh)

Synopsis talks (15 min each)

(Chang, Choe, Efthimion, Ferron, Fu, Garstka, Levinton, Park, Pomphrey, Stratton, Takahasi, etc.)

Discussion of response to comment forms

Preparation of summary report

WG4. Transport and Fluctuations (B318)

Introduction (Synakowski, Fonck)

Synopsis talks (15 min each)

(Bell, Efthimion, Finkenthal, Hahm, Hill, Jobes, Levinton, Menard, Rewoldt, Stratton, etc.)

Discussion of response to comment forms

Preparation of summary report

WG5. Divertor, Scrape-Off Layer, and Fueling (111)

Introduction (Mioduszewski, Zweben)

Synopsis talks (15 min each)

(Kugel, Luckhardt, Maingi, Mansfield, Milora, Schmidt, Skinner, Takahashi, Ulrickson, etc.)

Discussion of response to comment forms

Preparation of summary report

Plenary Session III: Summaries (3.5 hrs, MBG Auditorium), Chair: Peng

WG1 Summary (25 min, Jarboe)

WG2 Summary (25 min, Batchelor)

WG3 Summary (25 min, Fredrickson)

(Coffee & Donuts, 15 min)

WG4 Summary (25 min, Synakowski)

WG5 Summary (25 min, Mioduszewski)

Recommended Measurements Summary (25 min, Johnson)

Conclusions and deliverables (10 min, Peng)

Optional Tour of NSTX Site and Equipment (1:00-2:00 pm)

• 5 min for questions and clarification is provided following each talk.
• Plenary Information talks should emphasize the work already and being done for NSTX physics design considerations. Some plenary session speakers plan to give synopsis talks on research elements in the parallel WG sessions.
• Comments, suggestions, disagreements, etc., will be solicited for all talks. Comment forms, coded by WG numbers, will be provided for this purpose.
• Comment forms received will be copied and distributed to the appropriate WGs immediately following each session, to provide additional material for discussion in the WG sessions.
• A short joint WG session is added to deals with topics of interest shared by more than one WG. The information will help the WGs in organizing the agenda for the parallel WG sessions.
• Some of the participants will make presentations in more than one WG.
• The plenary sessions of the Forum (2/5 and morning of 2/7) will be broadcasted on the Internet. Please consult: http://www.pppl.gov/view_inst.html for instructions to observe and listen in.
• The output of the Forum, the WG Summary reports, will be put on the Internet: http://fileroom.pppl.gov/nstxhome/nstx/meetings/.