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19th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE) January 22-25,
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Optional: Trip to the
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is sponsoring
a bus trip to the Laboratory on Friday, January 25. The bus will leave Trump Plaza at 12:45 pm and will return to
Trump Plaza at approximately 7:00 pm.
The tour at PPPL will include a visit to the National Spherical Torus
Experiment (NSTX) and, if activities permit, to the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
(TFTR). NSTX is PPPL’s newest
experimental device. It achieved its first plasma on February 12, 1999. Its performance has been very good; NSTX has
attained a plasma current
exceeding 1 MA almost 2 years ahead of its projected experimental program
schedule. If possible, visitors will be given a first-hand look at the final
phase of the TFTR Decontamination and Decommissioning Operations. Diamond Wire
cutting technology is currently being used to segment the concrete filled
vacuum vessel. The D&D program
began in October, 1999 and is projected to be finished by September, 2002. Information on these programs can be found
at the web sites below. Please be sure to check the box for the PPPL
Tour on the SOFE registration form if you would like to join the tour.
http://www.pppl.gov/projects/pages/nstx.html
http://www.pppl.gov/projects/pages/tftr_dd.html
