A. C. C. Sips

TL;DR: The progress in the ITER Physics Basis (PIPB) document as discussed by the authors is an update of the IPB, which was published in 1999 [1], and provides methodologies for projecting the performance of burning plasmas, developed largely through coordinated experimental, modelling and theoretical activities carried out on today's large tokamaks (ITER Physics R&D).

TL;DR: In this article, the scaling of the energy confinement in H mode plasmas with different hydrogenic isotopes (hydrogen, deuterium, DT and tritium) is investigated in JET.

TL;DR: The actuators for heating and current drive that are necessary to produce and control the advanced tokamak discharges are discussed, including modelling and predictions for ITER, and specific control issues for steady state operation are discussed.

TL;DR: Although the physics basis of plasma operation and control is similar in ITER and present tokamaks, there is a principal qualitative difference and significant progress has been achieved in the plasma performance control during the last few years.

TL;DR: In this article, the physics of advanced tokamak discharges are described, together with an overview of recent results from different tokak experiments, and the ability to explore advanced scenarios in ITER is discussed.