Project Title | Company Name | PI | Institution | Cycle Development of a modeling toolbox for CORC® cable performance evaluation | Advanced Conductor Technologies | Danko van der Laan | LBNL | 2019b Divertor Component Testing | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Dan Brunner | ORNL | 2019b Superconducting Cable Quench Detection | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Brandon Sorbom | BNL | 2019b Alpha Particle Diagnostics Simulation | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Steve Scott | PPPL | 2019b Divertor Plasma Simulations | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Dan Brunner | LLNL | 2019b Development of a High-Current Solid-State Switch for Magneto-Inertial Fusion | HelicitySpace [RESCINDED] | Setthivoine You | PPPL | 2019b Simulation of Plectoneme Formation | HelicitySpace | Setthivoine You | LANL | 2019b 3D MHD Simulations Support for PJMIF | HyperJet Fusion Corporation | Franklin Witherspoon | LANL | 2019b Simulations of Global Stability in the C-2W Device | TAE Technologies, Inc | Sean Dettrick | PPPL | 2019b Doppler-Free Saturation Spectroscopy (DFSS) for Magnetic and Electric Field Measurements in an FRC plasma | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Deepak Gupta | ORNL | 2019b Developing high harmonic fast wave (HHFW) as an enabling electron heating actuator for an FRC plasma | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Xiaokang Yang | PPPL | 2019b Baselining a Tritium Accountancy and Safety Case for a Molten Salt Liquid Immersion Fusion Blanket | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Brandon Sorbom | INL | 2020a Development of phased-array HHFW antenna and load-resilient matching network for the C-2W FRC | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Xiaokang Yang | ORNL | 2020a Low Temperature Testing of New Lower Cost Magnum-NX HTS Cable for Fusion | Solid Material Solutions | Alexander Otto | BNL | 2020a Conceptual design of a tritium pellet injector for the ST40 spherical tokamak | Tokamak Energy Inc | David Wilson | ORNL | 2020a SPARC 3D Field Physics and Support of the Non-Axisymmetric Coil Assessment | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Alex Creely | PPPL | 2020a Advanced Manufacturing Workflows For Tokamak Internal Components | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Brandon Sorbom | ORNL | 2020a Tungsten Engineered Feed Stock for PFCs | Gamma Alloys, Inc [RESCINDED] | Micah Peabody | ORNL | 2020a General Fusion - Advanced Stability Analysis for Magnetized Target Fusion | General Fusion Corp. | Aaron Froese | PPPL | 2020a Investigating microstability characteristics of next step tokamaks across a range of aspect ratios | Tokamak Energy, Inc | Steven McNamara | PPPL | 2020a Development of an RF Antenna to start-up and sustain a fusion plasma in a spherical tokamak | Tokamak Energy, Inc | Vladimir Shevchenko | ORNL | 2020a General Fusion – Ion Temperature Diagnostic Improvement | General Fusion Corp. | Akbar Rohollahi | ORNL | 2020b Time-Dependent Boundary Modeling to Inform Design of SPARC Diagnostic and Actuators | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Alex Creely | ORNL | 2020b Magnetic Field Vector Measurements Using Doppler-Free Saturation Spectroscopy | Princeton Fusion Systems, LLC | Charles Swanson | ORNL | 2020b Measurement of Magnetic Field using Doppler-Free Saturation Spectroscopy (DFSS) in C-2W FRC plasma | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Deepak Gupta | ORNL | 2020b Innovative Joints for High-Temperature Superconducting Tapes | Renaissance Americas, Inc. | Francesco Volpe | BNL | 2020b Staged Z-pinch modeling with HYDRA and CHICAGO codes | Magneto Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc. | Hafiz Rahman | LLNL | 2020b Feasibility Study of High-Flux FRC Formation via Spheromak Merging for C-2W Experiments | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Hiroshi Gota | PPPL | 2020b XGC1 predictions of Scrape of Layer width in present and future high field spherical tokamaks | Tokamak Energy, Inc. | Michele Romanelli | PPPL | 2020b Characterization and Qualification of JK2LB Alloy for Additive Manufacturing of Fusion Components | Type One Energy Group, Inc. | Randall Volberg | ORNL | 2020b Fabrication and characterization of transition metal hydrides for radiation shielding in tokamak devices | Tokamak Energy, Inc. | Thomas Davis | LANL | 2020b Performance Testing of Low-Resistance Demountable HTS Joints for Large Segmented Magnets | General Atomics | Zbigniew Piec | LBNL | 2021a Simulation of the Helicity Drive Magneto-Inertial Fusion Concept | HelicitySpace | Setthivoine You | LANL | 2021a Improving Plasma Control Capabilities in Magnetically-Confined Tokamak Systems with Transformer Models | Microsoft Corp. | Alexey Svyatkovskiy | PPPL | 2021a Extending Operational Boundaries in the Advanced FRC | TAE Technologies, Inc | Sean Dettrick | PPPL | 2021a Phase Diagram of Li-LiH,D,(T) Mixtures and Implications for Tritium Retention and Extraction | Renaissance Americas Inc. | Francesco Volpe | SRNL | 2021a Informing Layout and Performance Requirements for SPARC Massive Gas Injection | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Matthew Reinke | PPPL | 2021a Active Redox Control of Molten Salts For Fusion Blankets | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Brandon Sorbom | SRNL | 2021a X-ray Diagnostic for C-2W FRC Plasma | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Deepak Gupta | LANL | 2021a Neutron Ion Handshake for Fusion Materials | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Brandon Sorbom | SNL | 2021b Magnetic Pumps for Molten Salt Fusion Devices | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Brandon Sorbom | ORNL | 2021b High Heat Flux Exposure of PFC Candidate Fine-Grain Dispersion-Strengthened Tungsten Materials | Energy Driven Technologies, LLC. | Zachariah Koyn | ORNL | 2021b Mechanical Characterization of PFC Candidate Fine-Grain Dispersion-Strengthened Tungsten Materials | Energy Driven Technologies, LLC. | Zachariah Koyn | ORNL | 2021b In-Field Performance Testing of a Novel HTS CICC for Practical and Cost-Effective Fusion Magnet Systems | General Atomics | Zbigniew Piec | BNL | 2021b Thermonuclear fusion verification of Staged Z-pinch fusion on a 0.5 MA LTD pulsed power generator | Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc. | Emil Ruskov | LLNL | 2021b Artificially intelligent optimization of alpha particle transport in stellarators | Renaissance Americas Inc. | Christopher Smiet | PPPL | 2021b Extension of MCNP® Mesh Based Weight Windows to Support Unstructured Mesh Topologies | Silver-Fir Software, Inc. | Eugeny Sosnovsky | LANL | 2021b Characterization of Turbulent Transport and Confinement in ARC with STEP and CGYRO | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Alex Creely | University-UCSD | 2022a Machine learning assisted prediction of tungsten heavy alloy plasma facing component performance | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Dina Yuryev | University-MIT | 2022a Assessing ELM mitigation by pellet triggering in SPARC low-collisionality discharges | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Christopher Chrobak | ORNL | 2022a Agile design workflow for plasma-facing fusion components with coupled thermofluidic and structural | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Caroline Sorensen | ORNL | 2022a Fuel Cycle and Tritium Plant Model for Fusion Pilot Plant | General Atomics | David Weisberg | SRNL | 2022a Tritium Fuel Cycle Modelling and Optimization to Enable Fusion Pilot Plant Development | General Fusion Corp. | Ryan Guerrero | SRNL | 2022a Beyond Neoclassical Closures for MHD Simulation of General Fusion Devices via Kinetic Monte Carlo | General Fusion Corp. | Colin McNally | ORNL | 2022a Observing Density Evolution During Merging of Plectonemic Taylor states | Helicity Space Corporation | Setthivoine You | University-Swarthmore | 2022a 3D modeling of the Staged Z-pinch with the FLASH code | Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc. | Emil Ruskov | University-Rochester | 2022a Hard x-ray imaging and characterization of staged z-pinch plasmas in order to exclude ion beams as cause | Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc | Hafiz Rahman | University-CalTech | 2022a Electron density profiles on PFRC with USPR | Princeton Fusion Systems, Inc. | Chris Galea | University-UCDavis | 2022a Evaluating RF antenna designs for PFRC plasma heating and sustainment | Princeton Fusion Systems, Inc. | Michael Paluszek | PPPL | 2022a Stabilizing PFRC plasmas against macroscopic low-frequency modes | Princeton Fusion Systems, Inc. | Stephanie Thomas | PPPL | 2022a Performance-structure characterization to improve REBCO Fusion conductor production at SuperPower | SuperPower Inc | Yifei Zhang | University-FSU | 2022a Development of a High-Flux Inductive Spheromak Gun for FRC Formation via Counter-Helicity Merging | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Hiroshi Gota | PPPL | 2022a THz Radiation Generation to Enable Internal Magnetic Field Measurement of Burning Plasmas | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Ales Necas | University-Rochester | 2022a FLARED -- Flowing Lithium's Adsorption and Release Experiment for Deuterium | Tokamak Energy, Inc. | Mark Koepke | University-UIUC | 2022a Simulation of Direct-Drive Hybrid Using Two Opposed Beams for Inertial Fusion Energy | VWG Inc. dba Xcimer Energy | Conner Galloway | University-Rochester | 2022a A modern neutronics-modeling uncertainty methodology towards a future fusion neutronics handbook | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Corinne Mitchell | ORNL | 2022b Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic Steel Wire Feedstock Development for Large-Format Additive | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Cody Dennett | PNNL | 2022b Retention of Fusion Plasma Species in PFC Candidate Fine-Grain Dispersion-Strengthened Tungsten Materials | Energy Driven Technologies LLC | Zachariah Koyn | SNL | 2022b Simulation study for risk assessment of laser-plasma instabilities in proton fast ignition | Focused Energy Inc. | Pravesh Patel | LANL | 2022b Model validation of low-density foams wetted with liquid deuterium and tritium for inertial fusion targets | Focused Energy Inc. | Leonard Jarrott | LLNL | 2022b Machine learning-accelerated predictions of power and particle exhaust in a fusion pilot plant | General Atomics | Jonathan Yu | LLNL | 2022b Determining fast particle behavior in a reactor-relevant Quasi-Axisymmetric stellarator equilibrium | Princeton Stellarators, Inc | Charles Swanson | PPPL | 2022b Stellarator evolution modelling | Princeton Stellarators, Inc. | Mike Martin | PPPL | 2022b Evaluation of the effect of coolant purity on the corrosion resistance of Castable Nanostructured Alloys | Tokamak Energy Inc. | Naomi Mburu | ORNL | 2022b High-temperature superconducting CORC® conductors for stellarator magnet applications | Type One Energy Group Inc. | Paul Harris | LBNL | 2022b