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Town hall on ITER at the American Physical Society

29 Oct 2024 - A. Loarte (ITER), C. Greenfield (US Burning Plasma Organization), K. McCarthy (US ITER)

The plasma physics division of the American Physical Society (APS) held its 66th annual meeting from October 7-11 in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). This  venue  provided an ideal opportunity to inform the US fusion community about the proposed new ITER baseline and Research Plan and to engage them on scientific discussions to refine the Research Plan. 

ITER's Head of Science Alberto Loarte presents project progress and the ITER Research Plan to the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics in Atlanta, Georgia.

In addition, a town hall meeting was organized by the US Burning Plasma Organization to present progress in systems/components procured by the US Domestic Agency and to discuss how the US fusion community can most effectively support the new ITER baseline and Research Plan. The latter includes carrying out R&D on open physics and scenario integration issues for the new baseline (especially those related to the use of tungsten as first wall material) as well as training the scientific teams that will execute the Research Plan experimental program. 

“It’s important for the US ITER project and international ITER project to keep the plasma physics community informed about progress and engage their expertise for planning ITER research,” said US ITER project director Kathy McCarthy.

As a whole, the conference covered a wide range of plasma physics topics with plasma physics for nuclear fusion being the one that was most represented. In the sessions dedicated to nuclear fusion, progress in experiments, modelling and theory were presented as well as the design and construction of new fusion facilities both from the public and the public sectors.

The overall scientific presentation on the new ITER baseline and Research Plan at this meeting was supported by four further presentations (2 oral and 2 poster) by ITER postdoctoral researchers. 

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