Research Needs for Magnetic Fusion Energy Sciences - US Burning ...

formance burning plasmas are covered by two thrusts, with Thrust 8 focusing on the new challenges
of dominantly self-heated core burning plasmas, and Thrust 12, joint with Theme 3, assessing
integrated solutions of sustained core plasmas with demo-level heat fluxes. due to its critical
importance, multiple Thrusts also address the issue of avoiding transient events. Thrust 2 focuses
on issues and solutions for disruptions and elms relevant to iteR, while Thrust 5 addresses the
even greater challenges, and broader range of potential solutions, for steady-state, higher performance
plasmas. Fast particle loss events, given their strong connection to alpha physics, are
treated in Thrust 3. activities to assess issues and solutions involving stellarator geometries are
in Thrust 17, led by Theme 5, while novel PFcs that may better tolerate transient events will be
developed and assessed in Theme 3, Thrust 11, and integrated in Thrust 12, which is joint with
Theme 3. The ways in which the issues covered in this chapter will be addressed by proposed activities
of the Research needs Workshop are discussed in the descriptions of all of the Thrusts in
the table, found in Part ii of this Report (Thrusts 6-10).
116