USBPO Organization

Task Groups study and respond to specific burning plasma questions, issues and concerns that can be addressed during a period of weeks or months. Task Groups are authorized by the USBPO Director, who evaluates requests from the Research Committee, Council, the U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. and international organizations that support ITER's mission. Task Groups are comprised of USBPO members of any Topical Group, although non-members may be invited to participate with approval of the USBPO Director.

Active Task Groups

Disruption Mitigation Task Group

Leaders: Robert Granetz, John Wesley

Visit the U.S. Disruption Mitigation Workshop webpage

Modes of Research Participation on ITER

Leaders: Rajesh Maingi, Mike Walker

Goal, Plans and Targets

Summary of BPO Modes of operation group for BPO Research Committee

Sample Data Analysis Workflows from Alcator CMod, DIII-D, and NSTX

Experiment Execution Workflows for Alcator C-Mod, DIII-D, and NSTX

Burning Plasma Outreach

Leader: David Pace

Completed Tasks

International Collaboration, 2011
Planning for US Participation in ITER, 2009
Planning for US participation in ITER, 2007
ITER Physics Tasks, 2006-2007
ITER Issue Cards, 2006
Energy Policy Act (EPAct), 2006

Task Group Discussions

Additional information and discussions related to each Task Group are available in the private forum. USBPO membership and a forum account log-in are required to access the information and to participate in discussions. Link to the "Task Groups" forum Note: press 'Click here to log in.' if you receive an error on the first screen.

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