National laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science at Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Established
1961; 63 years ago (1961)
Budget
$116 million (2021)
Field of research
Fusion, Plasma Physics, Quantum Information Sciences, Microelectronics, Sustainability Sciences
Vice president
David J. McComas
Director
Steven Cowley[1]
Address
100 Stellarator Road, Princeton, New Jersey
Location
Plainsboro Township, New Jersey, United States 40°20′56″N74°36′08″W / 40.348825°N 74.602183°W / 40.348825; -74.602183
ZIP code
08536
Campus
Forrestal Campus
Operating agency
U.S. Department of Energy
Website
www.pppl.gov
Map
Location in New Jersey
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science. Its primary mission is research into and development of fusion as an energy source. It is known for the development of the stellarator and tokamak designs, along with numerous fundamental advances in plasma physics and the exploration of many other plasma confinement concepts.
PPPL grew out of the top-secret Cold War project to control thermonuclear reactions, called Project Matterhorn. The focus of this program changed from H-bombs to fusion power in 1951, when Lyman Spitzer developed the stellarator concept and was granted funding from the Atomic Energy Commission to study the concept. This led to a series of machines in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1961, after declassification, Project Matterhorn was renamed the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.[2]
PPPL's stellarators proved unable to meet their performance goals. In 1968, Soviet's claims of excellent performance on their tokamaks generated intense scepticism, and to test it, PPPL's Model C stellarator was converted to a tokamak. It verified the Soviet claims, and since that time, PPPL has been a worldwide leader in tokamak theory and design, building a series of record-breaking machines including the Princeton Large Torus, TFTR and many others. Dozens of smaller machines were also built to test particular problems and solutions, including the ATC, NSTX, and LTX.
PPPL is located on Princeton University's Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.
^"10 Questions for Steven Cowley, New Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | Princeton Plasma Physics Lab". www.pppl.gov.
^Tanner, Earl C. (1977) Project Matterhorn: an informal history Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, p. 77, OCLC 80717532.
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