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 …

The understanding and predictive capability of transport physics and plasma confinement is
reviewed from the perspective of achieving reactor-scale burning plasmas in the ITER …

A principal pressure limit in tokamaks is set by the onset of neoclassical tearing modes
(NTMs), which are destabilized and maintained by helical perturbations to the pressure …

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 …

Neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) will be the principal limit on performance in ITER in the
standard scenario, which has beta well below the ideal kink limit. Measurements of island …

Abstract Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) program is
strongly focused on solving the scientific and technological issues in steady-state high …

We report the results of the first experiments on the DIII-D tokamak to examine the
dependence of the transport and stability characteristics of ITER hybrid scenario plasmas on …

ITER plasma control design solutions and performance requirements are strongly driven by
its nuclear mission, aggressive commissioning constraints, and limited number of …

The results of stabilizing neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) with electron cyclotron current
drive (ECCD) in JT-60U are described with emphasis on the effectiveness of the …

Abstract I. Introduction (Z. Lin, GY Fu, JQ Dong) II. Role of theory and simulation in fusion
sciences 1. The Impact of theory and simulation on tokomak experiments (HR Wilson, TS …