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Consorzio RFX - http://www.igi.pd.cnr.it/
A fusion energy experiment in Padova, Italy. RFX is a toroidal device where a ring of high temperature ionized gas (plasma) is confined by a magnetic field in the Reversed Field Pinch configuration. |
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JT-60 Project at JAERI Naka Fusion Research Establishment - http://www-jt60.naka.jaea.go.jp/
JT-60 is the largest fusion tokamak experiment in Japan, and one of the largest in the world. |
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Fusion Plasma Physics at KTH (Sweden) - http://www.alfvenlab.kth.se/fusion/
Plasma physics program at The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan). |
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Wendelstein 7-X - http://www.ipp.mpg.de/de/for/projekte/w7x/for_proj_w7x.html
Large fusion experimental machine currently under construction in Greifswald, Germany; based on the large-aspect-ratio advanced stellarator concept. |
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http://www.pppl.gov/projects/pages/tftr.html - http://www.pppl.gov/projects/pages/tftr.html
The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor experiment that was a large US fusion experiment directed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Stopped operation and decomissioned by 2000. |
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Large Helical Device (LHD) - http://www.lhd.nifs.ac.jp/
The largest current fusion experiment based on the stellarator concept. Located at NIFS, Japan. The mission of the LHD project is to develop a scientific basis for stellarator fusion reactor. An important feature in the LHD design is a high magnetic field of 3-4 Tesla produced by superconducting magnets. |
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http://www.hsx.wisc.edu - http://www.hsx.wisc.edu
Helically Symmetric eXperiment is a university scale plasma experiment based on the large-aspect-ratio helically-symmetric stellarator approach. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. |
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HBT-EP Tokamak - http://www.seas.columbia.edu/apam/HBT-EP/
Experiment at the Columbia University Plasma Physics Laboratory to demonstrate the feasibility of a high-beta tokamak stabilized by a combination of a close-fitting conducting wall, plasma rotation, and active feedback. |
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Compass-D - http://www.fusion.org.uk/culham/compass.htm
Highly flexible, medium-sized tokamak that has been specifically designed to address the key physics issues associated with magnetic confinement fusion. It plays a major role in the co-ordinated European fusion programme and is funded by the DTI and EURATOM, with additional support from EPSRC and various schemes for student grants. |
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http://prl.anu.edu.au/H-1NF/index_html - http://prl.anu.edu.au/H-1NF/index_html
Australian fusion experiment based on the H-1 Heliac concept. |
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Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE) - http://fire.pppl.gov/fire_program.htm
A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics based on the tokamak concept. It would require about $1.2B to build. Includes information related to FIRE, its engineering design, related publications and meetings. |
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National Compact Stellarator Experiment - http://www.pppl.gov/ncsx
NCSX is a compact stellarator concept based on quasi-toroidal symmetry. |
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ISTTOK Tokamak - http://www.cfn.ist.utl.pt/eng/Prj_Tokamak_main.html
Tokamak plasma research experiment based at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal. |
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http://www.sunist.org/ - http://www.sunist.org/
The first spherical tokamak in China. Built at the Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing. |
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http://www.frascati.enea.it/ignitor/ - http://www.frascati.enea.it/ignitor/
A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics in a relatively small device. This approach is based on the concept of a tokamak with very strong magnetic field, and is under development by an international team of plasma and fusion physicists. |