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Interim Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research (2018) / Chapter Skim
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... New ideas to control and sustain burning plasma have been discovered, and theoretical and computational models developed in the United States have substantially improved the ability to control plasma stability, predict plasma confinement, and enhance fusion energy performance. The understanding of burning plasma science has advanced significantly, including such critical topics as the transport of heat and particles by multi-scale turbulence, the behavior of energetic particles produced by fusion reactions, and 30
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... Assessment 4: Although our international partners have national strategic plans leading to a fusion energy demonstration device, the United States does not. Since the National Research Council's (NRC's)
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... The absence of such a nationally endorsed strategic plan for delivery of fusion energy in the United States inhibits the long-term planning of all participants in the fusion endeavor in the United States, from universities, to national laboratories, to industrial partners. Without a long-term plan, the United States risks being overtaken as our partners advance the science and technology required to deliver fusion energy.
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... Assessment 7: If the United States wishes to maintain scientific and technical leadership in this field, the committee concludes that the United States needs to develop its own long-term strategic plan for fusion energy. In the development of the final report, the committee views the following elements as important to its guidance on a long-term strategic plan:  Continued progress towards the construction and operation of a burning plasma experiment leading to the study of burning plasma, 6 U.S.
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...  Research beyond what is done in a burning plasma experiment to improve and fully enable commercial fusion power,  Innovation in fusion science and technology targeted to improve the fusion power system as a commercial energy source, and  A mission for fusion energy research that engages the participation of universities, national laboratories, and industry in the realization of commercial fusion power for the nation.
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