Status of the NCSX construction

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:1018301

Dudek, L ^[1]; Chrzanowski, J ^[1]; Heitzenroeder, P ^[1]; Raftopoulos, S ^[1]; Viola, M E ^[1]; Neilson, G ^[1]; George, H ^[1]; Rej, D J ^[1]; Cole, Michael J ^[2]; Goranson, Paul L ^[2]; Freudenberg, Kevin D ^[2]

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1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
2. ORNL

The National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) has been under construction at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in partnership with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The stellarator core is designed to produce a compact 3D plasma that combines stellarator and tokamak physics advantages. The complex geometry and tight fabrication tolerances of NCSX create some unique engineering and assembly challenges. The NCSX project was cancelled in May 2008; construction activities are presently being phased out in an orderly fashion. This paper will describe the progress of the fabrication and assembly activities of NCSX. Completion of the coil fabrication is on track for the summer of 2008. All three of the vacuum vessel 120 degrees sections have been delivered. Assembly of vacuum vessel services began in May 2006 and is now complete. Assembly of the modular coils into 3-packs for safe storage is presently underway. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1018301
• Resource Relation: Conference: 25th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Rostock, Germany, 20080915, 20080919
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CONSTRUCTION
FABRICATION
GEOMETRY
ORNL
PHYSICS
PLASMA
STELLARATORS
STORAGE
NCSX
Stellarator
Compact
Construction