U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, along with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, and U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, help PPPL celebrate the dedication of PPPL’s $94 million National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade −  the most powerful spherical torus experiment in the world. 

PPPL’s Lithium Tokamak Experiment, which explores liquid metal as a first wall in fusion  experiments, will be much more powerful after a $2 million upgrade. 

Ron Davidson, a former director of PPPL during a crucial period of its history, as well as a pioneering physicist, author, and Princeton University professor, died on May 19. 

Come take a tour of PPPL and get a behind-the-scenes look at a national laboratory where scientists are creating a “a star on Earth” as a future energy source. Free public tours are held the first and third Fridays of most months and you can also arrange a tour for a group of 10 or more people. 

PPPL wins two national awards for buying green electronics along with a variety of green products, from bio-based cleaning products to compostable plates in the cafeteria. 

PPPL researchers challenge conventional wisdom to make better predictions about the behavior of a key element in fusion plasmas: the self-generating electric current called “the bootstrap current.” 

Egemen Kolemen, a PPPL and Princeton University physicist, wins a prestigious Early Career Award from the Department of Energy for his research into a challenging question in creating fusion energy: how to monitor and control instabilities in plasma that can disrupt fusion experiments. 

Graduate student Iméne Goumiri uses a computer simulation to find a way to improve the performance of plasmas in fusion experiments by reducing instabilities. 

Steve Sabbagh and Jack Berkery, two Columbia University physicists assigned to PPPL, receive a prestigious award for their outstanding contributions to plasma physics. 

The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade dedication gets lots of media coverage, including stories on WHYY, on NJTVNews, and in the Times of Trenton, among many others.