FPN12-37

Compact Concept Workshop Scheduled September 25-28

July 1, 2012

A workshop on "Advanced Controls and Diagnostics for Confinement Improvement of Compact Toroids" will be held September 25-28 at the Fairmont Newport Beach (CA) Hotel. The conference will include an afternoon tour of Tri Alpha Energy's C-2 experimental facility on September 27.

Included in the scope of the workshop are FRC, spheromak, RFP and ST concepts. Recent advances to be discussed include feedback control of the external magnetic field, pulsed poloidal current drive, plasmoid/helicity injection by plasma guns or flux cores, neutral beam injection, and divertor biasing.

A more detailed workshop announcement and registration/hotel information can be obtained by sending an email to CT2012@trialphaenergy.com

Contacts:

Loren Steinhauer: lstein@uw.edu
Michl Binderbauer: michl@trialphaenergy.com
Michiaki Inomoto: inomoto@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp