Overview of KSTAR research progress and future plans toward ITER and K-DEMO

HK Park, MJ Choi, SH Hong, Y In, YM Jeon… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A decade-long operation of the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research
(KSTAR) has contributed significantly to the operation of superconducting tokamak devices …

A brief review: effects of resonant magnetic perturbation on classical and neoclassical tearing modes in tokamaks

W Zhengxiong, T Weikang, WEI Lai - Plasma Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the effects of resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) on classical tearing
modes (TMs) and neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) from the theory, experimental …

Fusion nuclear science facilities and pilot plants based on the spherical tokamak

JE Menard, T Brown, L El-Guebaly, M Boyer… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A fusion nuclear science facility (FNSF) could play an important role in the development of
fusion energy by providing the nuclear environment needed to develop fusion materials and …

Overview of the physics and engineering design of NSTX upgrade

JE Menard, S Gerhardt, M Bell, J Bialek… - Nuclear …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The spherical tokamak (ST) is a leading candidate for a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility
(FNSF) due to its compact size and modular configuration. The National Spherical Torus …

Tailoring tokamak error fields to control plasma instabilities and transport

SM Yang, JK Park, YM Jeon, NC Logan, J Lee… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A tokamak relies on the axisymmetric magnetic fields to confine fusion plasmas and aims to
deliver sustainable and clean energy. However, misalignments arise inevitably in the …

Overview of NSTX Upgrade initial results and modelling highlights

JE Menard, JP Allain, DJ Battaglia, F Bedoya… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) has undergone a major upgrade,
and the NSTX Upgrade (NSTX-U) Project was completed in the summer of 2015. NSTX-U …

Effects of 3D magnetic perturbations on toroidal plasmas

JD Callen - Nuclear Fusion, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Small three-dimensional (3D) magnetic field perturbations have many interesting
and possibly useful effects on tokamak and quasi-symmetric stellarator plasmas. Plasma …

The effect of plasma beta on error-field penetration in radio-frequency wave heated plasmas in EAST

C Ye, YW Sun, HH Wang, YQ Liu, TH Shi… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The plasma-beta effect on the n= 1 resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) field penetration
in purely radio-frequency (RF) wave heated discharges has been investigated in EAST. The …

Compact steady-state tokamak performance dependence on magnet and core physics limits

JE Menard - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Compact tokamak fusion reactors using advanced high-temperature superconducting
magnets for the toroidal field coils have received considerable recent attention due to the …

Extremely low intrinsic non-axisymmetric field in KSTAR and its implications

Y In, JK Park, JM Jeon, J Kim, M Okabayashi - Nuclear Fusion, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A surprisingly low level of intrinsic non-axisymmetric field (called'error field') has been
measured in KSTAR, suggesting at least an order of magnitude lower than in other major …