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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)902020
Investment in past fusion experiments has been motivated largely by the study of tokamak physics, and has been vital to provide a sound physics basis for design of a power reactor. However, meeting the challenge of realising fusion energy production will require considerable and increasing investment in facilities for testing and development of fus…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)912020
The experimental validation of turbulence models is a critical part of developing a predictive understanding of plasma transport. Models based on the non-linear gyrokinetic equations are currently the most well understood and experimentally validated models of turbulence available. However, models of reduced complexity are required in order to mak…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)922018
Dimensionless identity experiments test the invariance of plasma physics to changes in the dimensional plasma parameters, e.g. ne and Te, when the dimensionless parameters are conserved [1] [2]. However, conditions at the plasma boundary, such as influx of neutral particles, may introduce additional physics. An isotope identit…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)932018
In 2009-2011 so-called ITER-like wall was installed on JET tokamak, with beryllium limiters and tungsten divertor. Change of the plasma facing materials from carbon to metallic had a significant effect on plasma operations and confinement. Achieving steady plasma performance has become more challenging due to impurity accumulation [1], which has pu…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)942018
Edge localised modes (ELMs) are magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities that drive filamentary plasma eruptions in high confinement tokamak discharges [1]. Gaining an improved understanding of ELMs is important [2]; in future fusion reactors such as ITER, ELM heat fluxes will need to be limited to ensure durability of divertor materials [3]. A …
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)952018
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)882018
The ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) programme is geared towards developing the physics basis for ITER and (EU)-DEMO and is jointly executed with the EUROfusion Medium Size Tokamak task force. Integrated scenario development to prepare future device operation, detailed physics studies to improve predictability of fusion devices and testing of fusion relevant t…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)872019
Analyses of radiation fields resulting from a deuterium-tritium (DT) plasma in fusion devices is a critical input to the design and validation of many aspects of the reactor design, such as shielding, material lifetime and remote maintenance requirements/scheduling. Neutronics studies are performed using radiation transport codes such as MCNP, TRIP…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(20)942020
Fusion energy is an area of active development and innovation worldwide, with many design concepts exhibiting a range of technical challenges. A significant portion of technical challenges will be unique for a given design concept, however there are several overarching challenges that any design must address to some degree. These include: Tritiu…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(20)932020
Parametric dependencies of the linear stability of toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) in the presence of neutral beam injection (NBI) are investigated to understand the beam drive and damping effect of TAEs in JET and KSTAR. It is found that the results depend on the drift orbit width of the beam-ions normalized to the characteristic mode widths. I…
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