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UKAEA-RACE-CP(23)052023
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have been shown to improve data gathering processes over large spacial and temporal scales at a low cost [1], as well as the automation of decision making processes in complex industrial settings [2]. The nuclear sector is no exception to this, being obvious applications structural health monitoring [3] and radiation…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)1082023
This paper addresses two key issues regarding plasma exhaust in future fusion reactors. Firstly, using newly developed spectroscopic models to measure the divertor concentration of Ne and Ar, it is shown that the experimental detachment threshold on ASDEX Upgrade with Ar-only, an Ar+N mixture, and a Ne+N mixture scales as expected in comparison wit…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(23)032023
Fuel retention in the JET-ITER like wall (JET-ILW) has decreased by a factor of 20 compared to operation with a carbon wall [1]. The reduction in retention is due largely to the decrease in chemical erosion of the beryllium main chamber. A reduction in co-deposition of fuel with beryllium has previously been reported in the divertor [2]. However…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)162023
Observations of enhanced fast-ion losses during edge localized modes (ELMs) have been reported in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak, revealing losses above the injection energy. This suggests that fast ions can be accelerated and lost by the ELMs. Recent analysis delves into the analysis of the ELM-induced losses, suggesting that the fast ions are los…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)2802022
In this work a spatial dimension is added to the description of radiative detachment in MAST-U super-X divertor plasmas. This magnetic configuration is hypothesized to achieve improved heat load spreading at the divertor target and more particle-, heat- and momentum losses through plasma-neutral interactions than conventional exhaust solutions. Fil…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(22)862022
Doppler reflectometry, or the Doppler backscattering (DBS) diagnostic, enables the measurement of turbulent density fluctuations of intermediate length scales, typically $10 gtrsim k_perp rho_i gtrsim 1$; here $k_perp$ is the turbulence’s wavenumber and $rho_i$ is the ion gyroradius. The backscattered power is proportional to the power of the tur…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(22)402022
In this paper, we review the confinement and transport properties observed and predicted in low aspect ratio tokamaks, or spherical tokamaks (STs), which can depart significantly from those observed at higher aspect ratio. In particular, thermal energy confinement scalings show a strong, near linear dependence of energy confinement time on toroidal…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(22)262022
All high field superconductors producing magnetic fields above 12 T are brittle. Nevertheless, they will probably be the materials of choice in commercial tokamaks because the fusion power density in a tokamak scales as the fourth power of magnetic field. Here we propose using robust, ductile superconductors during the reactor commissioning phase i…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(22)272022
Unraveling the complexity of non-collinear magnetism in materials with strongly correlated electrons is a considerable task that requires developing and applying state of the art theories and computational methods. Using the Coury model Hamiltonian, which includes spin and orbital degrees of freedom and generalizes the collinear Stoner Hamiltonian,…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3122021
The development of quantitative models for understanding physical properties of alloys requires a proper treatment of magnetic interactions, which is of paramount importance for the microstructural stability, especially in steels and high-entropy alloys containing magnetic elements. These magnetic interactions also control the defects behavior whic…
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