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Update on Run Schedule

R. Raman

NSTX Team MeetingPPPL, Princeton, NJ,

08 February, 2006

Work supported by DOE contract numbers DE-FG02-99ER54519 AM08, DE-FG03-96ER54361

Supported byOffice ofScience

College W&MColorado Sch MinesColumbia UComp-XGeneral AtomicsINELJohns Hopkins ULANLLLNLLodestarMITNova PhotonicsNew York UOld Dominion UORNLPPPLPSIPrinceton USNLThink Tank, Inc.UC DavisUC IrvineUCLAUCSDU ColoradoU MarylandU RochesterU WashingtonU Wisconsin

Culham Sci CtrU St. Andrews

York UChubu UFukui U

Hiroshima UHyogo UKyoto U

Kyushu UKyushu Tokai U

NIFSNiigata UU Tokyo

JAERIHebrew UIoffe Inst

RRC Kurchatov InstTRINITI

KBSIKAIST

ENEA, FrascatiCEA, Cadarache

IPP, JülichIPP, Garching

ASCR, Czech RepU Quebec

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Start date of NSTX Run to be finalized soon

• Note: Decision on Baking vessel will revise the present Draft schedule

• First Week of research focus is in pre-Li experiments– Obtain reliable plasmas in NSTX (2 days) and conduct piggy back activities

• Test the Supersonic gas injector• Get all diagnostics working• Test high-k scattering and RWM systems

• Second week devoted to evaluating Li capability and to develop suitable plasma targets for other experiments

• Third week will develop tools needed for RWM system and high-k scattering diagnostic

– Supporting experiments in these areas would be conducted

• Then we will evaluate Li capability and assess impact on NSTX Run

• Early next week, the updated schedule will be posted on the NSTX web page

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Maintenance Breaks

• We expect week of April 3-7 (TTF Meeting) and May 8-12 (HTPDC) to be used as maintenance breaks

• NSTX is planned to operate during the weeks April 10-14 (ITPA meeting at MIT) and April 24-28 (ITPA meeting at PPPL)– Operations support staff who plan to attend

these two meetings are requested to inform me.