Fusion Energy Systems Studies (FESS) FNSF Study 
Year-End Report for 2015

Authors:  C. E. Kessel, J. Blanchard, A. Davis, L. El-guebaly, L. Garrison, N. Ghoniem, 
Y. Huang, P. Humrickhouse, Y. Katoh, A. Khodak, S. Malang, E. Marriott, N. Morley, 
M. Rensink, T. Rognlien, A. Rowcliffe, S. Smolentsev, P. Snyder, M. Tillack, P. Titus,
 L. Waganer, A. Ying, and Y. Zhai

Abstract:  The Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) is the next step confinement facility beyond ITER, that significantly extends fusion development into the fusion nuclear regime and plasma science into ultra-long pulse at high performance [1]. An example of the fusion pathway, with the critical FNSF step, is shown in Fig. 1, with several important parameter/metrics describing the advance toward a commercial fusion power plant.
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