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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)282021
An important part of the ITER Research Plan [1] is the Pre-Fusion Power Operation (PFPO) phase, which includes demonstration of H-mode plasma operation and the commissioning of ELM control systems. However, since hydrogen or helium are the main ion species in PFPO plasmas, the L–H power threshold PL–H is expected to be cons…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)972021
The aim of this paper is to numerically study the influences of the impurities on the high power hybrid discharges in the JET ILW configuration in the DD and DT scenarios. Numerical simulations with the COREDIV code of hybrid discharges with 32MW auxiliary heating, 2.2MA plasma current and 2.8T toroidal magnetic field in the ITER-like wall (ILW)…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)272021
Disruptions pose a serious challenge for future tokamak power plants; at the large stored thermal and magnetic energies of ITER and DEMO plasmas, the heat loads and electromagnetic forces during disruptions must be mitigated. With this objective, JET experiments employing impurity shattered pellet injection (SPI) have recently been undertaken. W…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)182021
As the EUROfusion EU-DEMO design programme approaches the transition between the pre-conceptual and conceptual design phase the systems code PROCESS has been improved to incorporate more detailed plasma physics, engineering and analysis modules. Unlike many systems codes PROCESS combines the physics modelling with both technology and costs analysis…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)162021
A comparison between different alternative divertor configurations, in terms of benefits and additional complexity is carried out for the European DEMO. A synergetic approach between different aspects of the problem, including physics and engineering, provides new insight on the capabilities of the new divertors to handle the exhausted power wit…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)912021
Understanding how properties of materials change due to nuclear transmutations is a major challenge for the design of structural components for a fusion power plant. In this study, by combining a first-principles matrix Hamiltonian approach with thermodynamic integration we investigate quasisteady state configurations of multi-component alloys, …
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(21)832021
This Review considers current Zr alloys and opportunities for advanced zirconium alloys to meet the demands of a structural material in fusion reactors. Zr based materials in the breeder blanket offer the potential to increase the tritium breeding ratio above that of Fe, Si and V based materials. Current commercial Zr alloys might be considered …
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(21)822021
The benefits of an optimised Super-X divertor configuration in mitigating the steady-state power and particle fluxes to the surfaces of the MAST Upgrade divertor have been quantified by performing a detailed comparison with a conventional divertor for the first time. In otherwise identical plasmas with conventional and Super-X divertor configu…
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UKAEA-STEP-PR(21)022021
As part of the UKAEA Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) fusion power station programme, a novel breeding blanket design was assessed. A conceptual design of STEP, which will be an innovative plan for a commercially-viable fusion power station, will be completed by 2024. The final aim of the current assessment is to find a conceptual des…
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UKAEA-RACE-PR(21)052021
The maintenance and decommissioning of nuclear reactors requires the rapid cutting and welding of thick-walled pipework, to which laser processing is highly suited. However, the large size and stand-off of current laser heads precludes their use in space constrained areas and incorporation into in-bore processing tools. To address this, novel minia…
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