Agenda for NSTX-U 5 Year Plan Review

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

8:00               Coffee

8:30 – 9:30    Executive session of review panel

9:30 – 12:30  Presentations

9:30    Jon Menard – NSTX-U 5 Year Plan Research Program Overview

10:45  Coffee Break

11:00  Masa Ono – NSTX-U Project Status and 5 Year Plan Facility Overview

12:00  Stan Kaye – 5 Year Plan Contributions to ITER

12:30 – 1:30  Lunch

1:30 – 4:45    Presentations

1:30    Stefan Gerhardt – Initial Operations Plan, 5 Year Plan for Scenarios and Control

2:15    Jack Berkery – Plan for Macroscopic Stability Research

2:50    Jong-Kyu Park – Non-axisymmetric Control Coil (NCC) Applications

3:15    Coffee Break

3:30    Yang Ren – Plan for Transport and Turbulence Research

            4:15    Mario Podestà – Plan for Energetic Particle Research

4:45 – 6:00    Executive session of the panel

6:00 – 6:30    Questions from the panel

7:00               Reception for panel members and speakers - 2nd floor commons (LSB PPPL)

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

8:00                Coffee

8:30 – 9:00    Executive session of review panel

9:00 – 12:00  Presentations

9:00    Rajesh Maingi – Overview of Strategy for Boundary Physics and PMI

9:30    Vlad Soukhanovskii – Plan for Pedestal, Scrape-off Layer, and Divertor Physics

10:20  Mike Jaworski – Plan for Materials and Plasma Facing Components

10:50  Coffee Break

11:00  Gary Taylor – Plan for Fast Wave, Electron Cyclotron, and Electron Bernstein Wave Research

11:30  Roger Raman – Plan for Plasma Start-up and Current Ramp-up

12:00  A. Bhattacharjee – Program for Advancing Theory, Model Validation, and Predictive Capability

12:30 – 1:30  Lunch and executive session of the panel

1:30 – 2:30    NSTX-U answers to review panel questions from previous day

2:30 – 3:30    Additional questions, answers, discussion with NSTX-U team

3:30 – 6:00    Executive session of the panel for discussions and writing

Thursday, May 23, 2013

8:00                Coffee

8:30 – 11:30   Executive session of the panel for discussion and writing

11:30 –12:30  Lunch and final preparation for summary session

12:30 – 1:30   Summary session / debrief

2:00PM          Adjourn, tour of NSTX-U test cell and coil shop for review panel members