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1960
Project Matterhorn staff, now numbering nearly 400, moves to C-Site, a
large modern laboratory and office complex built to house the Model C
Stellarator.
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1961
Melvin B. Gottlieb succeeds Lyman Spitzer, Jr. as head of Project Matterhorn.
On February 1, Project Matterhorn is renamed the Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory (PPPL). The change signified recognition of the fact that
long-range physics research lay ahead.
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1962
Model C Stellarator begins operation in March following a 4-1/2-year design
and construction effort. The largest of a series of stellarators, it is a test-bed
for intense studies of plasma transport. With the coming of the Model C, the
figure-8 stellarators of the 1950s surrendered their center-stage position.
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1964
PPPL's first program to use neutral-beam injection for plasma heating is
proposed. During the next three decades, neutral-beam heating will play a
key role in the progress toward the attainment of the plasma conditions
required for the production of significant amounts of fusion power.
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1966
The Linear Multipole-1 (LM-1) begins operation. LM-1 experiments are the
first to investigate the magnetic well concept. These experiments confirm
theoretical hypotheses.
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1969
In July, it is decided to convert the Model C Stellarator to a tokamak.
Model C ceases operation on December 20. Its conversion to the
Symmetric Tokamak will take only four months.
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