G. Arnoux I. Balboa M. Clever S. Devaux P. De Vries T. Eich M. Firdaouss S. Jachmich M. Lehnen P.J. Lomas G.F. Matthews Ph. Mertens I. Nunes V. Riccardo C. Ruset B. Sieglin D.F. Valcarcel J. Wilson K.-D. Zastrow JET-EFDA Contributors
The ITER-like wall (ILW) at JET is a unique opportunity to study the combination of material (beryllium and tungsten) that will be used for the plasma facing components (PFC) in ITER. Both the limiters (Be) and divertor (CFC W coated and bulk W) have been designed to maximise their power handling capability. During the last experimental campaign (O…
PublishedAnthony J. Webster JET EFDA Contributors
The generic question is considered: How can we determine the probability of an otherwise quasirandom event, having been triggered by an external influence? A specific problem is the quantification of the success of techniques to trigger, and hence control, plasma instabilities in magnetically confined fusion (MCF) experiments. The successful develo…
PublishedS.N. Gerasimov T.C. Hender J. Morris V. Riccardo L.E. Zakharov JET EFDA Contributors
A key feature of disruptions during Vertical Displacement Events (VDEs), discovered in JET in 1996, is the toroidal variation in the measured plasma current Ip, i.e. the plasma current asymmetries, lasting for almost the entire current quench. The unique magnetic diagnostics at JET (full set of poloidal coils and saddle loops recorded either from t…
PublishedG. Nemtsev V. Amosov N. Marchenko S. Meshchaninov R. Rodionov S. Popovichev JET EFDA Contributors
In 2011-2012, an experimental campaign with a significant yield of fusion neutrons was carried out on the JET tokamak. During this campaign the facility was equipped with two diamond detectors based on natural and artificial CVD diamond. These detectors were designed and manufactured in State Research Center of Russian Federation TRINITI. The detec…
PublishedH. Weisen A. C. C. Sips C. D. Challis L.-G. Eriksson S. E. Sharapov P. Batistoni L. D. Horton K.-D. Zastrow EFDA-JET Contributors
After the first high power D-T experiment in JET in 1997 (DTE1), when JET was equipped with Carbon PFC’s, a proposed second high power (up to ~40MW) D-T campaign (DTE2) in the current Be/W vessel will address essential operational, technical, diagnostics and scientific issues in support of ITER. These experiments are proposed to minimize the risk…
PublishedGiacomelli L Conroy S Belli F Gorini G Horton L Joffrin E Lerche E Murari A Popovichev S Riva M Syme B JET EFDA Contributors
The Joint European Toras (JET, Culham, UK) is the largest tokamak in the world. It is devoted to nuclear fusion experiments of magnetic confined Deuterium (D) or Deuterium-Tritium (DT) plasmas. JET has been upgraded over the years and recently it has also become a test facility of the components designed for ITER, the next step fusion machine under…
PublishedK. K. Kirov Yu. Baranov E. Barbato M. Brix G. Corrigan A. Ekedahl M. Goniche J. Mailloux V. Petrzilka F. Rimini M. Stamp JET EFDA Contributors
An overview of the recent results of Lower Hybrid (LH) experiments at JET with the ITER-like wall (ILW) is presented. Topics relevant to LH wave coupling are addressed as well as issues related to ILW and LH system protections. LH wave coupling was studied in conditions determined by ILW recycling and operational constraints. It was concluded that …
PublishedA.-L. Campergue P. Jacquet V. Bobkov D. Milanesio I. Monakhov L. Colas G. Arnoux M. Brix A. Sirinelli JET-EFDA Contributors
When using Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency (ICRF) heating, enhanced power deposition on Plasma-Facing Components (PFCs) close to the antennas can occur. Experiments have recently been carried out on JET with the new ITER-Like-Wall (ILW) to characterize the heat fluxes on the protection of the JET ICRF antennas, using Infra-Red (IR) thermography me…
PublishedE. Lerche D. Van Eester Ph. Jacquet M.-L. Mayoral V. Bobkov L. Colas A. Czarnecka M. Graham G. Matthews I. Monakhov R. Neu T. Puetterich F. Rimini P. De Vries JET-EFDA Contributors
After the change over from the C-wall to the ITER-like Be/W wall (ILW) in JET, the radiation losses during ICRF heating have increased and are now substantially larger than those observed with NBI at the same power levels, in spite of the similar global plasma energies reached with the two heating systems. A comparison of the NBI and ICRF performan…
PublishedM.-L. Mayoral T. Pütterich P. Jacquet E. Lerche D. Van-Eester V. Bobkov C. Bourdelle L. Colas A. Czarnecka J. Mlynar R. Neu JET-EFDA Contributors
During the initial operation of the JET ITER-like wall, particular attention was given to the characterization of the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Frequency (ICRF) heating in this new metallic environment. In this contribution we compare L-modes plasmas heated by ICRF or by Neutral Beam Injection (NBI). ICRF heating as expected led to a much higher cent…
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