NSTX Mission: Prove the Physics Principles of the Spherical Torus (ST)
- Non-inductive start-up, current sustainment and profile control;
- Confinement and transport;
- Pressure limits and self-driven currents;
- Scrape-off layers and divertors;
- Stability and disruption resilience,
To investigate, with broad participation by laboratories, universities and industry, the physics principles of
in a low aspect ratio (spherical) torus as a plasma confinement innovation.