DIII-D in the News

April 1, 2024August 23, 2023 by Lindsay Ward-Kavanagh

DIII-D in the News

The latest advances and achievements at DIII-D

Media: Fusion Reactor Promises Limitless Energy

Tokamak cross-section with the D-shaped plasma facing the center post — FES Science Highlights: Inverting Fusion Plasmas Improves Performance (Nelson et al.)

Graph showing relevance versus flexibility with an arrow pointing to the upper right labeled "DIII-D" — Publication: DIII-D's role as a national user facility in enabling the commercialization of fusion energy (Buttery et al.)

FES Science Highlights: Opening the Magnetic Bottle of a Tokamak Causes Particles to Rush Inward (Logan et al.)

FES Science Highlights: Researchers Visualize Energetic Ion Flow in Fusion Devices (Du et al.)

FES Science Highlights: Islands That Move Together, Disrupt Together (Bardoczi et al.)

Press Release: The Contrarian: Counterintuitive methods improve fusion plasma performance

Diagram showing the D-shape plasma of positive triangularity plasma on the left and reverse D-shape of negative triangularity plasma on the right — Press Release: Flipping Plasma Geometry at DIII-D Demonstrates Stable Pathway to Practical Fusion Energy

Black arrows pointing from left to right to indicate the magnetic field, with a red circle and a blue circle indicating atoms with nuclear spin aligned with the field — Press Release: University-national laboratory collaboration receives DOE Fusion Energy Sciences award to advance spin-polarized fusion at DIII-D, aiming to increase power output by greater than 50%

A man in orange coveralls, gloves, botties and a bonnet works inside the DIII-D vessel — Press Release: DIII-D National Fusion Facility Completes Record-Breaking 1,600-Hour Research Campaign

Color maps of the DIII-D cross-section showing the spatial relationship between perturbations and pressure — FES Science Highlights: Resistance in Walls Can Cause Disruptive Energy Loss (Strauss et al.)

Photographs showing new graphite rods and the same eroded graphite rods after high-temperature plasma exposure — FES Science Highlights: Tokamak Experiments Provide Unique Data for Validating Spacecraft Heat Shield Ablation Models (Orlov et al.)

Schematic of positive and negative triangularity cross-sections — Press Release: DIII-D National Fusion Facility Completes Highest-Powered Negative Triangularity Experiments in History of U.S. Fusion Research Program

Schematic and data for use of a Powder Injection Tube — FES Science Highlights: Blowing Dust to Cool Fusion Plasmas (Effenberg et al.)

A schematic showing off-axis beam injection — Press Release: Taking A New Angle to Boost Plasma Performance in Advanced Tokamaks

The director of DIII-D, Richard Buttery, sits in front of monitors in the control room — Press Release: In Their Own Words: Fusion Researchers Highlight Opportunities at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility

Three data panels supporting successful shattered pellet injection and a panel showing a scientist standing next to the Pellet Injector System — Press Release: Scientists Demonstrate Technique to Protect Fusion Devices from Sudden Energy Loss

An engineer uses a wrench — Press Release: DIII-D National Fusion Facility Adds Capability to Rapidly Test Key Fusion Science

A scientist uses a screwdriver to align components of a diagnostic — FES Science Highlights: Researchers Stick Out Their Necks to Understand How Fusion Plasmas Fuel Up (Rosenthal et al.)

Spectra showing the frequency of edge plasma instabilities according to wave number — FES Science Highlights: Taming the Plasma Edge: Reducing Instabilities in Tokamaks (Burrell et al.)

Experimental and theoretical data for electron orbit paths and electron temperatures — FES Science Highlights: Avoiding Chains of Magnetic Islands May Lead to Fusion Paradise (Bardoczi et al.)

Plotted data points showing the dependence of performance on divertor temperature — FES Science Highlights: For Plasma with a Hot Core and Cool Edges, Super-H Mode Shows Promise (Wilks et al.)

Schematic and photographs of the small angle slot divertor V-closure with a tungsten coating — Press Release: DIII-D Facility Adds Tool to Resolve Heat Handling in Future Fusion Power Plants

A view through a port looking into the vessel shows an operations team member working on DIII-D — Press: Nuclear fusion energy device at General Atomics coming back online

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