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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 36-45
U.S. Next-Generation Tokamak and Tandem Mirror Programs | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22843
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Recent advances in tokamak research have led to an improved understanding of the plasma requirements for achieving long pulse ignited burn in a tokamak plasma. This paper presents an assessment of these requirements in the areas of plasma energy confinement, plasma stability at high beta-values, plasma heating, particle and impurity control, and non-inductive current drive. In all areas, the physics basis appears adequate to support a near-term demonstration of a fusion reactor core — a long-pulse ignition experiment — in a device of acceptable overall size and cost.