Post by EUROfusion

Defining the key physics gaps on the road to a stellarator reactor Wendelstein 7-X has strengthened confidence in the stellarator as a possible path to fusion power. Building on that progress, experts from leading European laboratories, led by Marcin Jakubowski, project leader of EUROfusion Work Package Stellarator, have worked together to identify the most important physics questions that still need to be answered for a First-of-a-Kind stellarator reactor. The result is a new community report: Key Physics Uncertainties and Related Investigation Needs towards Stellarator Reactors. It maps and prioritises the main open issues across scenario integration, fast particles and Alfvén waves, core transport, MHD equilibrium and rotational transform control, and heat and particle exhaust and plasma-wall interaction. By defining these research priorities early, the stellarator community is helping to build a stronger scientific basis for HELIAS First-of-a-Kind and for Europe’s broader fusion roadmap. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dCDfQKz6 #EUROfusion #EURATOM #FusionEnergy #Stellarator #Wendelstein7X #HELIAS #PlasmaPhysics #Road2Fusion