FPN05-25

ANS Journal Publishes Special Issue on Textor

March 12, 2005

As part of the tokamak special issue series, the American Nuclear Society journal, Fusion Science and Technology, edited by Nermin Uckan, has published a special issue (February 2005) devoted to an extensive set of papers describing the studies of tokamak physics in the TEXTOR Tokamak facility in Juelich, Germany. The tokamak TEXTOR has been in operation since 1983 with main research thrust in the area of plasma-wall interactions.

Papers include an Overview, descriptions of machine design and operation, and extensive account of most of the main tokamak physics achievements on TEXTOR, all written by the scientists working on TEXTOR. The issue includes an appendix giving the bios of the scientists. The issue was edited by Philippe Mertens and Ulrich Samm.

For further information on obtaining access to this issue or other tokamak special issues, contact Nermin Uckan (uckanna@ornl.gov) or visit the journal site at http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/fst/