each discharge lasting a total of 10 seconds of which five seconds will be the flat-top of the discharge. The magnetic fields will be supplied by homopolar generators driving singleturn coils. The coils will be precooled with liquid nitrogen prior to the pulse and there will be no active cooling during the pulse. Approximately two hours will be required between each shot for recooling of the magnet struct we. The proposed experimental program is divided into three phases over a threeyear time period. A detailed description of the experimental program is included in this paper. Prior to each day's run the interior wall of the vacuum vessel will be conditioned by Taylor discharge conditioning. Additionally, to control impurities in the plasma, the beryllium wall will be coated with a thin layer of carbon prior to each discharge through the glow discharge carbonization techniques developed at TEXTOR. This will be done in the two-hour cool clown period between shots. These preconditioning procedures for IGNITEX are described. The fueling system for the experiment will be as simple