TOUR OF GENERAL ATOMICS' DIII-D
FUSION
EXPERIMENT FACILITY
A tour of the General Atomics fusion reactor site is scheduled for Wednesday, February, 13th, 2008 at 1:45 PM. If you are interested in attending the tour please email Mark Shin at Shinster1@Yahoo.com with the following information. The tour will be limited to 30 people on a fist-come, first-serve basis.
1. Your name.
2. Your country of citizenship.
3. Your employer and your title.
4. Your ASME membership number. You must be a current ASME member or be a guest of a member. Priority will be given to members; guests will be included if space is available.
This information is required to be submitted to General Atomics one week prior to the tour for security clearance. The tour site address is 3483 Dunhill St, San Diego, CA 92121, at the DIII-D facility which is building 34. Parking is available at the site location. Please meet in the lobby of the building promptly at 1:45 PM. The tour will last approximately 90 minutes. Everyone will be required to sign in and present a valid photo ID. Acceptable forms of ID are driver’s license, passport, or military ID.General Atomics (GA) was conceived in 1955 at San Diego, California for the purpose of harnessing the power of nuclear technologies for the benefit of mankind. General Atomics’ basic research into fission and fusion has matured into competence in many technologies, making GA and its affiliated companies one of the world’s leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.
GA had an initial charter to explore peaceful uses of atomic energy. Leading scientists came to GA, forming the nucleus of a staff which, including affiliated companies, currently numbers about 5,000. GA carries out the largest and most successful nuclear fusion program in private industry. The company has been the primary developer of modular helium-cooled nuclear power reactor systems, and its TRIGA® research reactors have operated around the world for over 45 years.
General Atomics has been conducting magnetic fusion research and has been a pioneer in the toroidal magnetic confinement device called a tokamak. More specifically, this work has been with non-circular cross-section tokamaks including Doublet II and Doublet III and today with DIII-D. This early work led to the creation of similar machines worldwide, such as JET (U.K.), TCV (Switzerland), Asdex (Germany), and JT-60 (Japan).
Map of GA Facility:
Another map and directions.