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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(26)4352026
This paper presents an operational-space framework for regulating contact forces on geometrically unknown surfaces by integrating online surface-normal estimation with hybrid motion–force control via task-space admittance. Cartesian motion is decomposed into normal and tangential components defined with respect to an estimated local surface frame…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(26)4672025
Clean energy from nuclear fusion requires the development of an efficient technology for hydrogen isotope separation capable of high separation efficiency with lower energy costs and lower tritium inventory. Isotope separation using adsorbents such as zeolites and MOFs shows great promise due to their high isotope selectivity, but are limited to…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(25)212024
Tritium inventory build-up is a safety issue for next step devices. JET brings a unique contribution on fuel retention and recovery in a metallic device, as it has operated both in deuterium (D) and deuterium-tritium (DT) plasmas. This paper will provide an overview of results from JET in this fi…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(24)2632024
Originally designed for five years of plasma operations, the JET Far Infrared (FIR) interferometer/polarimeter diagnostic system is still operating at its full capabilities nearly forty years later and in ITER relevant conditions, albeit with significantly lower neutron fluences and for several D-T campaigns. The original design changed substant…
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UKAEA-STEP-PR(24)112024
The Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme is a world-leading fusion power plant programme that has embedded a cost conscience in its design from the early phases. This firmly addresses the attitude of cost complacency of which many major infrastructure projects have historically been accused. While detailed an…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)2912023
We compare the structure of electron temperature gradient (ETG) driven turbulence in the pedestals of two JET ITER-like-wall (ILW) type I ELMy H-mode discharges operating with similar experimental inputs but at different levels of gas fuelling. By artificially removing the toroidal drifts from our GENE gyrokinetic simulations and subsequently an…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)1892023
The separation of hydrogen isotopes is a vital step in preparing tritium and deuterium fuels for future fusion energy plants. This represents a fundamental challenge to fusion energy since the separation process must be able to handle high throughputs of hydrogen isotopes with a low tritium inventory, as tritium is highly radioactive and hazardo…
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UKAEA-STEP-PR(23)132023
Developments in fusion energy technology and the aspiration to build and run commercial fusion energy power plants has seen the commencement of numerous publicly and privately funded projects in recent years. Megaprojects, like fusion power plants, by their very nature are inherently complex and risky, therefore providing a robust cost estimate in …
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)1112022
We present the benchmarking, validation, and results of an approximate, analytic model for the radial profile of the stress, strain, and displacement within the toroidal field (TF) coil of a Tokamak at the inner midplane, where stress management is of the most concern. The model is designed to have high execution speed yet capture the essential …
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(22)572022
The LOCUST GPU code has been applied to study the fast-ion transport caused by resonant magnetic perturbations in the high-performance Q = 10 ITER baseline scenario. The computational speed of the code is used calculate the impact of the ITER ELM-control-coil system on neutral beam heating efficiency, as well as producing detailed predictions o…
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