Web Directory

» ASDEX Upgrade Fusion Experiment
   Experimental tokamak facility at Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany.
   http://www.ipp.mpg.de/ippcms/eng/for/projekte/asdex/index.html

» Alcator C-Mod
   A research fusion experiment utilizing the world's highest magnetic field tokamak plasma confinement concept.
   http://www.psfc.mit.edu/cmod

» CASTOR
   A fusion research facility (a tokamak) of the Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, Institute of Plasma Physics.
   http://www.ipp.cas.cz/WWW/

» Compact Helical System (CHS)
   Compact stellarator experiment with aspect ratio A ~ 5. Located at NIFS, Japan. Was operational till 2006.
   http://rd-w3server.nifs.ac.jp/chs/index.html

» Consorzio RFX
   A fusion energy experiment in Padova, Italy. RFX is a toroidal device where a ring of high temperature plasma is confined by a magnetic field in the Reversed Field Pinch configuration.
   http://www.igi.pd.cnr.it/

» Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE)
   A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics based on the tokamak concept. The website provides goals, program information, and a list of publications.
   http://fire.pppl.gov/fire_program.htm

» Fusion Plasma Physics at KTH (Sweden)
   Plasma physics program at The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan).
   http://www.alfvenlab.kth.se/fusion/

» HBT-EP Tokamak
   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.
   http://www.seas.columbia.edu/apam/HBT-EP/

» HSX
   Helically Symmetric eXperiment is a university scale plasma experiment based on the large-aspect-ratio helically-symmetric stellarator approach. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
   http://www.hsx.wisc.edu

» IGNITOR
   A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics in a relatively small device.
   http://www.frascati.enea.it/ignitor/

» ISTTOK Tokamak
   Tokamak plasma research experiment based at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal. Website includes tokamak description, photos, objectives, and physics program.
   http://www.cfn.ist.utl.pt/eng/Prj_Tokamak_main.html

» ITER
   A proposed international experimental fusion reactor based on the tokamak concept. ITER's mission is to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy for peaceful purposes.
   http://www.iter.org/

» JAEA
   Japan Atomic Energy Agency's website provides information on magnetic fusion plasma research in Japan, including that for the large Japanese tokamak JT-60.
   http://www-jt60.naka.jaea.go.jp/

» Joint European Torus (JET)
   The world's largest magnetic confinement fusion experiment. News, fusion basics, and scientific information. Culham, United Kingdom.
   http://www.jet.efda.org/

» KSTAR
   Korean superconducting tokamak advanced research project is a superconducting tokamak facility for controlled fusion research. First plasma was obtained in 2008. One of the main goals is long-pulse non-inductive plasma heating and current drive.
   http://www.nfri.re.kr/

» Large Helical Device (LHD)
   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
   http://www.lhd.nifs.ac.jp/

» Levitated Dipole Experiment
   Device to explore the physics of plasma confinement in a magnetic dipole field.
   http://www.psfc.mit.edu/ldx

» MAST
   Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak experiment at Culham, UK, with information on MAST research, its history and planned upgrades, as well as links to other fusion research experiments in Europe.
   http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/MAST.aspx

» Magnetic Confinement Fusion
   Article from Wikipedia on the generation of energy using magnetic fields to confine the fusion fuel in the form of a plasma.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_fusion_energy

» National Compact Stellarator Experiment
   NCSX is a compact stellarator concept based on quasi-toroidal symmetry.
   http://www.pppl.gov/ncsx/

» National Spherical Torus Experiment
   NSTX is an experimental fusion device based on the spherical tokamak concept. Built at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
   http://www.pppl.gov/projects/pages/nstx.html

» PEGASUS Toroidal Experiment
   Extremely low-aspect-ratio tokamak experiment at the Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
   http://pegasus.ep.wisc.edu/

» QPS Project
   A project to explore the quasi-poloidal approach to compact stellarators. Project reports and reviews.
   http://web.utk.edu/~qps/

» STX
   Star Thrust Experiment at the University of Washington is an FRC (field reversed configuration) plasma startup experiment via application of a rotating magnetic field.
   http://depts.washington.edu/rppl/programs/stx.html

» SUNIST
   The first spherical tokamak in China. Built at the Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
   http://www.sunist.org/

» Spherical Stellarator
   Describes the concept and its development.
   http://www.highfactor.com/ss

» Spheromak
   The spheromak is a toroidal magnetic confinement concept where no toroidal magnetic field coils link the torus. The magnetic field is generated primarily by plasma currents.
   http://www-ferp.ucsd.edu/PUBLIC/AC-PANEL/REC-DOCS/W-PAPERS/spher.html

» Stellarator News
   An international newsletter containing online publications on stellarators and links to some other stellarator web pages.
   http://www.ornl.gov/sci/fed/stelnews/

» Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX)
   Spheromak now operating at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with a minor radius of 0.23m.
   http://www.mfescience.org/sspx

» TCS Experiment
   The translation, confinement and sustainment FRC (field reversed configuration) experiment at the University of Washington.
   http://depts.washington.edu/rppl/programs/tcs.html

» TFTR
   The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor experiment that was a large US fusion experiment directed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Stopped operation and decommissioned by 2000.
   http://www.pppl.gov/projects/pages/tftr.html

» The SST-1 Tokamak
   Steady State Superconducting Tokamak at the Institute for Plasma Research, Gugarat, India, has an objective of a steady-state operation via the RF and NBI plasma heating and current drive.
   http://www.ipr.res.in

» Wendelstein 7-X
   Large fusion experimental machine currently under construction in Greifswald, Germany; based on the large-aspect-ratio advanced stellarator concept.
   http://www.ipp.mpg.de/de/for/projekte/w7x/for_proj_w7x.html