The question of size of a tokamak fusion reactor is central to current fusion research
especially with the large device, ITER, under construction and even larger DEMO reactors …

Progress in the area of MHD stability and disruptions, since the publication of the 1999 ITER
Physics Basis document (1999 Nucl. Fusion 39 2137–2664), is reviewed. Recent theoretical …

High-performance and long-pulse operation is a crucial goal of current magnetic fusion
research. Here, we demonstrate a high-confinement plasma regime known as an H-mode …

An improved energy confinement regime, I-mode, is studied in Alcator C-Mod, a compact
high-field divertor tokamak using ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRFs) auxiliary …

Significant progress has been made in the area of advanced modes of operation that are
candidates for achieving steady state conditions in a fusion reactor. The corresponding …

Nonlinear electromagnetic stabilization by suprathermal pressure gradients found in specific
regimes is shown to be a key factor in reducing tokamak microturbulence, augmenting …

The Globus-M spherical tokamak has demonstrated practically all of the project objectives
during the 15-year period of operation. The main factor limiting further progress in plasma …

Multi-channel, nonlinear predictions of core temperature and density profiles are performed
for the SPARC tokamak (Creely et al 2020 J. Plasma Phys. 86 865860502) accounting for …

As part of the ITER Design Review and in response to the issues identified by the Science
and Technology Advisory Committee, the ITER physics requirements were reviewed and as …

The reversed magnetic shear (RMS) configuration is believed to be one of the most
promising advanced scenarios to achieve steady-state operation in the future large-scale …