A group of Bryn Mawr summer research students took a break from lab to get a guide tour of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The group saw the major fusion plasma facility, NSTX, which is currently being upgraded to push plasma parameters even closer to igniting a burning fusion plasma.
Learning about the history of PPPL
It can be a tight fit in the support scaffolding of NSTX. Watch your head!
Hearing about magnetic reconnection studies on MRX.