October 23-24, 2007

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting Gaithersburg Hilton 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg October 23-24, 2007 AGENDA
Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
October 23
8:30 a.m.	Meeting Agenda and Logistics	Prof. Stewart Prager, UWisc, FESAC Chair
8:45 a.m.	OFES Perspective	Dr. Raymond Fonck, Associate Director for Fusion Energy Sciences, DOE	PDF
9:30 a.m.	Report from the Panel on the Fusion Simulation Program	Dr. Bill Tang, PPPL	PDF
	Break
	Discussion of the report	FESAC
2:45 p.m.	Report from the NCSX Science Review Panel	Prof. Richard Hazeltine, University of Texas	PDF
	Break
	Discussion of the report	FESAC
5:00 p.m.	Public Comments	TBD
5:30 p.m.	Adjourn

Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting Gaithersburg Hilton 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg October 23-24, 2007 AGENDA
Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation
October 24
8:30 a.m.	Draft Transmittal Letters and Prepare for Summary Session	FESAC
10:45 a.m.	Break
12:00 noon	Adjourn

October 23-24, 2007	Minutes		PDF

Highlights

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Illustration of a tokamak, a donut-shaped device with a metal column in the middle and plasma around it

Inverted Plasma Shape Shows Promise for Future Fusion Power Plant Design

Negative triangularity exhibits high core fusion performance and good power handling, pointing to a compelling approach for future fusion pilot plants.

Series of five different line graphs indicating how the code matched the experimental data fairly well

Improving Predictions for Fusion Device Transport

Researchers validate a new workflow for plasma transport models, aiding future fusion device design.