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Katy Huff reflects on her time in the Office of Nuclear Energy
After three years in the Department of Energy, including two as assistant secretary of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Katy Huff stepped down in May to return to the world of academia as a professor at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign.
Among her many accomplishments while serving as NE-1, Huff pushed for energy security—both at home and abroad, in places like war-torn Ukraine—and for the development of additional advanced and traditional nuclear plants, the potential restart of shuttered nuclear facilities, and a better funding stream for college nuclear programs.
B. M. Angelini, M. L. Apicella, G. Buceti, C. Centioli, F. Crisanti, F. Iannone, G. Mazza, G. Mazzitelli, M. Panella, V. Vitale, The FTU Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 45 | Number 3 | May 2004 | Pages 437-458
Technical Paper | Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) | doi.org/10.13182/FST04-A524
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Some specific points of the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) operation are presented for plasma performance as well as for the machine availability and the development of new tools needed to operate in a complex scenario needed for tokamak research. The different techniques adopted for wall conditioning of the FTU are reviewed. Plasmas with low Zeff have been achieved including those at low density and high additional heating power. The obtained experimental results are discussed in terms of better operation and plasma performance achieved. As with any other large - and thus long-lasting - experiments, a mixture of old and new technological solutions inserted in an open source framework characterizes the FTU data control and acquisition systems. We give some information on the original architecture and try to detail its current state. The high level of reliability presently achieved is discussed.