ELMO Bumpy Torus

The present understanding of equilibrium, stability, and transport in EBT suggests a sequence of research and development activities aimed at a full-scale reactor. The EBT program includes an aggressive development effort for high-power millimeter CW microwave sources based on the Cyclotron Resonant Maser principle. The existing physics evidence suggests that the EBT approach can be extended to confine steady-state, high-beta (toroidal) plasmas. If this extension is demonstrated, then EBT offers an attractive alternative to the tokamak and magnetic mirror for controlled thermonuclear fusion. Some of the critical scientific and technology factors that require resolution as preconditions to reactor feasibility are listed