P.U. Lamalle M. Shannon A. Borthwick S. Brons B. Chuilon P. Dumortier F. Durodié M. Evrard R. Goulding F. Louche A. Messiaen M. Nightingale D. Swain M. Vervier
The design of the ITER ICRF system has been under revision for several years. The paper presents the status of the design proposal based on a 24 strap antenna plug (6 poloidal by 4 toroidal short radiating conductors) in which the straps are passively combined in 8 poloidal triplets by means of 4-port junctions. These triplets are connected in para…
PublishedR. J. Buttery T. C. Hender
JET has made a strong contribution to the understanding of stability issues for the tokamak. An overview of its main achievements is presented, with emphasis on the latest progress in resolving the key issues for ITER. In particular, we conclude that control or avoidance strategies for neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs) will be necessary for good pe…
PublishedM. Avrigeanu R.A. Forrest A.J. Koning F.L. Roman V. Avrigeanu
Experimental cross sections are compared with the results of calculations including all activation channels for the stable isotopes ofMn and Cu, for neutron incident energies below 20MeV as well as up to 40–50MeV. It results that within the former energy range, the model calculations are most sensitive to the parameters related to nuclei in the e…
PublishedR.A. Forrest
Achieving the economically viable release of energy by the fusion process has proved a major scientific and technological challenge. The nuclear reactions involved in the fusion process are well understood, but the interaction of the neutrons with the materials surrounding the plasma is an area of current research. The neutrons have energies larger…
PublishedM. Sasao T. Nishitani A. Krasilnilov S. Popovichev V. Kiptily J. Kallne
Fusion product diagnostics can be used to determine afusion reaction rate,whichindicateshowclose theplasma is to the ultimate goal of making a power plant based on nuclear fusion. However, these diagnostics can also provide large amounts of additional information, such as ion temperatures, the thermonuclear fraction in the fusion reaction rate, deg…
PublishedR.A. Forrest J. Kopecky
The European Activation System (EASY) has been developed for activation calculations. It comprises the EAF nuclear data libraries and the FISPACT inventory code. A new version (EASY-2007) has been released recently that represents a significant extension of previous versions. It contains neutron-induced, deuteron-induced and protoninduced data that…
PublishedU. Fischer P. Batistoni R. Forrest C. Konno R.L. Perel K. Seidel S.P. Simakov
An overview is presented of the nuclear data required for nuclear design analyses of fusion technology focusing on ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, and IFMIF, the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility. The status of the available data evaluations and libraries is reviewed with regard to the required material…
PublishedS. A. Arshad J. G. Cordey D. C. Mcdonald J. Farthing E. Joffrin M. Von Hellermann C. M. Roach J. Svensson
Principal techniques and trends in the validation and analysis of data in magnetic fusion research are described and examples of applications are given. Wellestablished methods to obtain key physical quantities are outlined, as well as newer techniques employing integrated analysis of multiple diagnostics to improve quality and extract additional i…
PublishedP. Mantica G. Corrigan X. Garbet F. Imbeaux J. Lonnroth V. Parail T. Tala A. Taroni M. Valisa H. Weisen
This paper presents an overview of the state of the art of core transport studies in JET. It covers in various sections the topics of heat transport, particle and impurity transport, momentum transport, internal transport barrier physics and integrated core and edge modeling. For each topic, a brief summary of older results obtained under the JET J…
PublishedR. Pampin
Lithium-lead is a candidate tritium-generating material in conceptual designs of magnetic fusion power plants. Its prolonged utilization, ultimately during the entire lifetime of such a facility, has the potential to minimize amounts of active waste and improve the economic performance. Limits to a prolonged use are production of long-lived radioac…
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