Directors Reserve: PIT Industry Day Placeholder
2025 Research Campaign, Thrust: FPP Candidate Wall Materials
Purpose of Experiment
A full day of Director’s Reserve experimental time has been allocated for a Fusion Materials Industry Day. This Industry Day accommodates three proposals from private sector fusion companies, all new DIII-D users, which seek to study the interaction of advanced fusion materials and components in a high-performance plasma environment. This topic is a high priority for the U.S. fusion pathway, and extends the scope and time available for materials testing and plasma-material interactions studies within the FY25 campaign. The three participating companies include: Tokamak Energy, studying advanced and additively manufactured tungsten; Avalanche Energy, studying refractory multi-principle element alloys (MPEAs); Thea Energy, testing boron pebble rod plasma-facing components.