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The Engineering of the “PCAST Machine”

J. Sinnis, A. Brooks, T. Brown, J. Citrolo, M. Cole, S. Davis, B. Felker, M. Gouge, P. Heitzenroeder, D. Hill, E. Hoffman, B. Nelson, C. Neumeyer, C. Kessel, D. Knutson, D. Kungl, D.B. Montgomery, G.H. Neilson, D. Lang, M. Rennich, J. Schmidt, L. Sevier, D. Slack, J. Spitzer, K. St. Onge, P. Titus, K. Young

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 30 / Number 3P2B / December 1996 / Pages 1266-1270

Steady-State and Long-Pulse Machine Studies / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963122

Published:February 9, 2018

The President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has suggested that a device with a mission of ignition and moderate burn time could address the physics of burning plasmas at a lesser cost than ITER1 with its more comprehensive physics and technology mission. The Department of Energy commissioned a study to explore this PCAST suggestion.