Welcome to the homepage for the Department of Energy/Office of Science (DOE/SC) Assessment of the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) Facility Recovery Plans.

Phase 1 of the assessment will take place February 6-8, 2018 at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The purpose of Phase 1 is to evaluate PPPL's proposed organization, capability, and means to execute the NSTX-U Facility recovery plans and resume operations.

The assessment will begin with a DOE Executive Session on Tuesday, February 6, at 12:30 p.m. at the Lyman Spitzer Building (LSB), Room B318, followed by plenary presentations. On Wednesday, there will be parallel subcommittee sessions devoted to in-depth exploration of topics, followed by a DOE Executive Session. The Committee will adjourn on Thursday, February 8, at 5:00 p.m. after a closeout presentation to project and laboratory management.

Assessment Committee members should use the following points of contact for further information:

SC1 - Jonathan Menard (jmenard@pppl.gov) 609-243-2037

SC2 - Stefan Gerhardt (sgerhard@pppl.gov) 609-243-2823

SC2 - Charles Neumeyer (neumeyer@pppl.gov) 609-243-2159

SC2 - Valeria Riccardo (vriccard@pppl.gov) 609-243-2866

SC3 - Tim Stevenson (tstevens@pppl.gov) 609 - 243-2657

SC4 - Russ Feder (rfeder@pppl.gov) 609-243-3502

SC4 - Stefan Gerhardt (sgerhard@pppl.gov) 609-243-2823

SC5 - Rich Hawryluk (rhawrylu@pppl.gov) 609-243-3306

SC5 - Terry Brog (tbrog@pppl.gov) 609-243-3555