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Novel public-private partnership facilitates development of fusion energy

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

PPPL working in coordination with MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Commonwealth Fusion Systems to develop a unique tokamak fusion device called "SPARC."

Journal: Journal of Plasma Physics
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Arecibo Observatory and PPPL - A noble, and Nobel, history

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Article describes a discovery on the legendary Arecibo Observatory, which collapsed Dec. 1, 2020, that brought a PPPL physicist a Nobel Prize.

PPPL awarded total of $4 million to simplify design and construction of stellarators

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Design and construction of first phase of unique permanent magnet stellarator funded to begin.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

PPPL presents discoveries and plays a prominent role at global physics gathering

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

The prominent role of PPPL in the 62nd American Physical Society-Division of Plasma Physics annual meeting.

Advancing fusion energy through improved understanding of fast plasma particles

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

PPPL scientists have developed a unique program to track the zig-zagging dance of hot, charged plasma particles that fuel fusion reactions.

Journal: Physical Review E
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Exploring the source of stars and planets in a laboratory

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New computer simulation aims to verify a widely held but unproven theory of the source of celestial bodies.

Journal: Physical Review E
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, Max Planck-Princeton Center for Plasma Physics

Invention sparked by COVID-19 pandemic safely disinfects surfaces continuously

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

A PPPL invention to apply plasma to frequently touched items for continuous disinfection could provide a safe method to reduce pathogens on high-touch surfaces.

Path-setting theoretical physicist Elena Belova elected an APS Fellow

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Profile of PPPL physicist Elena Belova, a pioneer in developing hybrid simulation codes in fusion and space plasmas, who has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Groundbreaking fusion facility at PPPL designated an historic landmark

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

The American Nuclear Society honors the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor as an historic landmark.

Scientists develop forecasting technique that could help advance quest for fusion energy

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international group of researchers has developed a technique that forecasts how tokamaks might respond to unwanted magnetic errors. These forecasts could help engineers design fusion facilities that create a virtually inexhaustible supply of safe and clean fusion energy to generate electricity.

Journal: Nuclear Fusion
Funder: and the European Atomic Energy Community, the Czech Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, China's National Key RD Program

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