Joint European Torus (JET)
- The world's largest magnetic confinement fusion experiment; it is based on the tokamak concept.
- http://www.jet.efda.org/
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
The SST-1 Tokamak - The Steady State Tokamak (SST-1) is under fabrication at the Institute for Plasma Research in India. SST-1 has superconducting TF and PF coils capable of producing a toroidal magnetic field of up to 3T. The goals include reaching the plasma pulse duration - http://www.ipr.res.in/sst1/SST-1.html
Fusion Plasma Physics at KTH (Sweden) - Plasma physics program at The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan). - http://www.alfvenlab.kth.se/fusion/
Unofficial ITER Fan Club - A community of people interested in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. We keep track of news, links and publications about ITER and fusion energy in general. - http://fusion.euromaterials.com/
Tokamak ISTTOK - Tokamak plasma research experiment based at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal. - http://oldwww.cfn.ist.utl.pt/isttok_jpg.htm
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://hsxa.ece.wisc.edu/
SUNIST - The first spherical tokamak in China. Built at the Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing. - http://www.sunist.org/
PEGASUS Toroidal Experiment - Extremely low-aspect-ratio tokamak experiment at the Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. - http://pegasus.ep.wisc.edu/
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/
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
FRC - An FRC (field reversed configuration) is a fusion concept where a toroidal plasma represents an elongated plasma ellipsoid conducting an azimuthal current which reverses the direction of an externally applied magnetic field. - http://www.aa.washington.edu/AERP/RPPL/programs/frc_intro.html
TCS Experiment - The translation, confinement and sustainment FRC (field reversed configuration) experiment at the University of Washington. - http://www.aa.washington.edu/AERP/RPPL/programs/tcs.html
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://www.aa.washington.edu/AERP/RPPL/programs/stx.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 decomissioned by 2000. - http://www.pppl.gov/projects/pages/tftr.html
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/
Compass-D - Highly flexible, medium-sized tokamak that has been specifically designed to address the key physics issues associated with magnetic confinement fusion. It plays a major role in the co-ordinated European fusion programme and is funded by the DTI and EURAT - http://www.fusion.org.uk/culham/compass.htm
ASDEX Upgrade Fusion Experiment - Experimental tokamak facility at Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany. - http://www.aug.ipp.mpg.de/aug.eng/
Alcator C-Mod - A research fusion experiment utilizing the world's highest magnetic field tokamak plasma confinement concept. - http://www.psfc.mit.edu/cmod
Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE) - A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics based on the tokamak concept. It would require about $1.2B to build. The site includes information related to FIRE, its engineering design, related publications and meetings. - http://fire.pppl.gov/fire_program.htm
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/
Compact Helical System (CHS) - Compact stellarator experiment with aspect ratio A ~ 5. Located at NIFS, Japan. Latest news and coming events. - http://rd-w3server.nifs.ac.jp/chs/
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
IGNITOR - A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics in a relatively small device. This approach is based on the concept of a tokamak with very strong magnetic field, and is under development by an international team of plasma and fusion - http://www.frascati.enea.it/ignitor/
Madison Symmetric Torus - MST is a research device based on the reversed field pinch concept. Built at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Operation began in 1988. - http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/mst.htm
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
Helicity Injected Torus - HIT-II is the experiment to develop a method of coaxial helicity injection as a means of producing current drive. Built at the University of Washington. - http://www.aa.washington.edu/AERP/HIT/hit.html
START - Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak fusion experiment at UKAEA Culham - it was a pioneering experiment based on the spherical tokamak concept. Operated 1991 - 1998. START's successor experiment is MAST. - http://www.fusion.org.uk/culham/start.htm
H-1NF - Australian fusion experiment based on the H-1 Heliac concept. - http://wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au/prl/H-1NF.html
TJII Flexible Heliac - Euratom-SIEMAT fusion experiment based on the heliac concept. - http://www-fusion.ciemat.es/fusion/TJII/TJII.html
MAST - Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak experiment at Culham, UK. - http://www.fusion.org.uk/mast/index.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
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 expore the physics of plasma confinement in a magnetic dipole field. - http://www.psfc.mit.edu/ldx
DIII-D Relational Database - Contains information about fusion experiments at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, California. - http://d3dnff.gat.com/D3DRDB
Consorzio RFX - A fusion energy experiment in Padova, Italy. RFX is a toroidal device where a ring of high temperature ionized gas (plasma) is confined by a magnetic field in the Reversed Field Pinch configuration. - http://www.igi.pd.cnr.it/
KSTAR - Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research. Fusion experiment based on the tokamak concept. - http://www.knfp.net/
QPS Project - A project to explore the quasi-poloidal approach to compact stellarators. Site includes project reports and reviews. - http://qos.fed.ornl.gov/