Overview of the national centralized tokamak programme
Kikuchi, Mitsuru; Tamai, Hiroshi ; Matsukawa, Makoto; Fujita, Takaaki; Takase, Yuichi*; Sakurai, Shinji; Kizu, Kaname; Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko; Kurita, Genichi; Morioka, Atsuhiko; Hayashi, Nobuhiko; Miura, Yukitoshi; Ito, Satoshi*; Bialek, J.*; Navratil, G. A.*; Ikeda, Yoshitaka; Fujii, Tsuneyuki; Kurihara, Kenichi; Kubo, Hirotaka; Kamada, Yutaka; Miya, Naoyuki; Suzuki, Takahiro; Hamamatsu, Kiyotaka; Kawashima, Hisato; Kudo, Yusuke; Masaki, Kei; Takahashi, Hiroyuki*; Takechi, Manabu; Akiba, Masato; Okuno, Kiyoshi; Ishida, Shinichi; Ichimura, Makoto*; Imai, Tsuyoshi*; Hashizume, Hidetoshi*; Miura, Yushi*; Horiike, Hiroshi*; Kimura, Akihiko*; Tsutsui, Hiroaki*; Matsuoka, Mamoru*; Uesugi, Yoshihiko*; Sagara, Akio*; Nishimura, Arata*; Shimizu, Akihiko*; Sakamoto, Mizuki*; Nakamura, Kazuo*; Sato, Konosuke*; Okano, Kunihiko*; Ida, Katsumi*; Shimada, Ryuichi*; Kishimoto, Yasuaki; Azechi, Hiroshi*; Tanaka, Satoru*; Yatsu, Kiyoshi*; Yoshida, Naoaki*; Inutake, Masaaki*; Fujiwara, Masami*; Inoue, Nobuyuki*; Hosogane, Nobuyuki; Kuriyama, Masaaki; Ninomiya, Hiromasa
The National Centralized Tokamak (NCT) facility program is a domestic research program for advanced tokamak research to succeed JT-60U incorporating Japanese university accomplishments. The mission of NCT is to establish high beta steady-state operation for DEMO and to contribute to ITER. The machine flexibility and mobility is pursued in aspect ratio and shape controllability, feedback control of resistive wall modes, wide current and pressure profile control capability for the demonstration of the high-b steady state.