The real time plasma control system for the MAST Upgrade tokamak has been substantially redeveloped from its original MAST incarnation with a new architecture that aims to manage complexity whilst maximising flexibility. It provides modular layers of functionality and supports the implementation of virtual actuators to aggregate, arbitrate and rout…
MAST-U is equipped with a Super-X divertor which aims to promote detachment. Measurements
of plasma density and temperature in the Super-X chamber offer insight into the processes at
work in this type of divertor. First data has been obtained from the MAST-U divertor Thomson
scattering diagnostic [1] designed to measure these q…
