IGNITOR Programme

While finalising the design of IGNITOR, considerable progress has been made in understanding the plasma physics regimes expected to be experimented on the machine. Even before reaching its main goals, IGNITOR will produce intermediate results and provide assessments for some of the most critical extrapolation involved in designing burning plasma experiments. Although significant tritium burning is a necessary step for any new, advanced fusion facility, it is important to note that even with hydrogen, helium and deuterium IGNITOR will provide results, which alone would justify the machine's construction. Another significant feature of IGNITOR - and probably the most important - is the high level of internal power density that will be available