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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)1012021
The role of neutral and charged hydrogenic molecules in detached regimes of tokamak plasmas is investigated using simplified 1D parallel numerical models. Using MAST-Upgrade like conditions, simulations are implemented to study the rollover of target flux in upstream density scan and target temperature scan. It is found that if H2 and H2+ are cons…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)312021
Alfvén eigenmode (AE) instabilities driven by α-particles have been observed in D-3He fusion experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall [Kiptily et al, submitted to Phys. Rev. Letters, 2020]. The impact of these type instabilities on a burning plasma is of crucial relevance for the perfor…
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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)252021
Ion cyclotron emission (ICE) comprises strongly suprathermal emission, which has spectral peaks at multiple ion cyclotron harmonics. ICE is driven by the magnetoacoustic cyclotron instability, resulting from an inversion in the velocity-space distribution of the minority energetic ions. Recent experimental studies on DIII-D (K E Thome et al
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)232021
This paper describes a case study in seeking to encourage widespread adoption of Systems Engineering at the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Until recently, the quest for fusion energy has primarily been in the scientific research domain, but with a shift in focus to delivering commercially viable fusion power plants, there is a clear need for SE to …
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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)752021
Eurofer97 steel is a primary structural material for the plasma facing-components of future fusion reactors. Laser welding is a promising technique that can overcome the challenges of remote handling and maintenance. However, the interaction of the induced residual stress distribution with the heterogeneous microstructure may degrade the mechanical…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(21)072021
The disruption mitigation system at ITER will include four shattered pellet injectors (SPI), which will be dedicated to the mitigation of electro-magnetic loads (EML), thermal loads and the avoidance and suppression of runaway electrons. Recently the JETILW was equipped with an SPI with a wide capability. Specifically: pellet diameter d = [4.57, 8.…
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