21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference

EAST 1st Plasma Highlight for 21st IAEA FEC Meeting in Chengdu, China

21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference

Chengdu, China

October 16-22, 2006

Updated February 13, 2007

Many of the presentations have been collected and are posted below. These represent work in progress and should not be quoted without permission from the author. Questions should be directed to the authors. Authors wishing to have their presentations posted should email them to the webmaster. The oral presentations will also be posted on the web by the meeting organizers.

IAEA FEC21 Meeting Website
Program for the meeting
Preprints of Papers
The Proceedings of the 21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, held in Chengdu, China, 2006 are now available on line

For citation please include: ISBN 92-0-100907-0 / ISSN 0074-1884

Opening Session

Fusion Science and Technology in China - Prof. Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology of China
China's Three-Step Strategy for Nuclear Energy Development - Kang Rixin, President of China National Nuclear Corporation
Fusion: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - E. Velikov
ITER Status - K. Ikeda (also see ITER Presentations)

OV/1 - Overview of Magnetic Fusion

Overview Progress and Future Plans of EAST Project - Y.Wan (21 MB pdf)
Overview of JT-60 Results - H. Takenaga
Overview of JET Results - M. Watkins
Development in the DIII-D Tokamak of Advanced Operating Scenarios and Associated Control Techniques for ITER - M. Wade

EX/1 Advanced Scenarios in Magnetic Fusion

The Performance of Improved H-Modes at ASDEX-Upgrade and Projection to ITER - A.C.C. Sips
Progress toward High Performance Steady-State Operation in DIII-D - C. Greenfield
Improved Performance in Long Pulse ELMy H-Mode Plasmas with ITB in JT-60U - N. Oyama
Evolution of Bootstrap Sustained Discharge in JT-60U - Y. Takase
Stability and Control of Resistive Wall Modes in Low-Rotation Tokamak Plasmas - A. Garofalo (EX/7-1)

IT/1 ITER

The Engineering Challenges of ITER - N Holtkamp
Review of ITER Physics Issues and Possible Approaches to Their Solution - R. Stambaugh
Edge Pedestal Physics and its Implications for ITER - Y. Kamada
Plasma Surface Interaction, Scrape-off layer and Divertor Physics - Implications for ITER - B. Lipschultz
The Design and Implementation of Diagnostic Systems on ITER - A. Costley

OV/2 Overview of Magnetic Fusion

Extrended Steady-State and High-Beta Regimes in the LHD - O. Motojima
Overview of ASDEX Upgrade Results - O. Gruber
Overview of Physics Results from MAST - B. Lloyd
Recent Physics Results from NSTX - J. Menard
Progress on NSTX Towards Stable Steady-State at Low Aspect Ratio - D. Gates (EX/P1-3)
Confinement and Local transport in NSTX - S. Kaye (EX/8-6)

OV/3 Overview of Magnetic Fusion

Integration of High Power Long Pulse Operation in Tore Supra - M. Chatlelier
Overview of Alcator C-Mod Research Program - S. Scott

OV/5 Overview of Inertial Fusion Reactors and Technology

Theory of Alfven waves and energetic particle physics in burning plasmas - L Chen

P1 Advanced Scenarios and ITER

Disruption Scenarios, their mitigation and Operation Window in ITER - M. Shimada
Disruption Characterization and Database Activities for ITER - J. Wesley
Gas Jet Disruption Mitigation Studies on AlcatorC-Mod and DIII-D - R Granetz (EX/4-3)

FT-1 Fusion Technology

Critical Physics Issues for Tokamak Power Plants - D. Campbell

IT/E ITER Evening Session

Broader Approach Activities toward Fusion DEMO Reactors - S. Matsuda

FT/2 New Machines

SST-1 Commissioning and First Plasma Results - Y. Saxena
Experience gained During the Fabrication and Construction of W-7X - R. Haange (paper)
Progress on the Construction of NCSX - H. Neilson
Overview of Modification of JT-60U for the Satellite Tokamak Program - M. Kikuchi
Engineering Features in the Design of JT-60SA - M. Matsukawa (FT7-5)

IT/2 ITER Systems

High Temperature Superconductors for Future Fusion Magnet Systems - G. Janeschitz

IAEA Conference Summary Talks

Experimental - Confinement and Innovative Systems - J. Pamela
Experimental - Stability, Wave Interactions and Plasma material interactions - H. Zohm
Summary of the Magnetic Confinement Theory and Modeling - S. Krasheninnikov
Inertial Fusion Advance stowards Ignition and Gain - X. T. He
ITER and Fusion Technology - M. Seki

Next IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (50 years after Geneva 1958) will be in Geneva, Switzerland, October 13-18, 2008