M. Fitzgerald R. Dumont D. Keeling J. Mailloux S. Sharapov M. Dreval A. Figueiredo R. Coelho J. Ferreira P. Rodrigues F. Nabais D. Borba Ž. Štancar G. Szepesi R.A. Tinguely N Fil P.G. Puglia H.J.C. Oliver V. Kiptily M. Baruzzo M. Lennholm P. Siren J. Garcia C.F. Maggi
A toroidal Alfven eigenmode (TAE) has been observed driven by alpha particles in the Joint European Torus (JET). The observation was made in dedicated deuterium-tritium experiments where radio-frequency (RF) heating was absent, in the so-called “afterglow” period when neutral beam heating was removed. Agreement with reduced and perturbative mod…
PreprintK K Kirov F. Auriemma R. Bilato C. Challis E. De la Luna J. Garcia J. Hobirk P. Jacquet A. Kappatou Y. Kazakov D. Keeling D. King V. Kiptily E. Lerche C. Maggi J. Mailloux P. Mantica M. Mantsinen M. Maslov R. Sharma Z. Stancar D. Van Eester JET-EFDA contributors
Several Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH) schemes in DT plasma have been considered for the ITER reactor [1]. Most of these heating schemes are minority heating at fundamental frequency. In DT plasma, both reactants can also absorb RF power as majorities at fundamental n=1 or harmonic n=2 frequency. Understanding benefits of directly heatin…
PreprintG. Giruzzi M. Fontana F.P. Orsitto E. de la Luna R. Dumont L. Figini M. Maslov S. Mazzi S. Schmuck L. Senni C. Sozzi C. Challis D. Frigione J. Garcia L. Garzotti J. Hobirk A. Kappatou D. Keeling E. Lerche C. Maggi J. Mailloux F. Rimini D. Van Eester JET contributors
Recent experiments performed in JET at high level of plasma heating, in preparation of, and during the DT campaign have shown significant discrepancies between electron temperature measurements by Thomson Scattering (TS) and Electron Cyclotron Emission (ECE). In order to perform a systematic analysis of this effect, a simple model of bipolar dis…
PreprintV.G. Kiptily M. Fitzgerald S.E. Sharapov M. Poradzinski Z. Stancar P. J. Bonofiglo R. Dumont Z. Ghani V. Goloborodko S. Menmuir1 D. Keeling M. Podestà H. Sun D.M. Taylor D. Douai J. Garcia C.F. Maggi1 J. Mailloux F. Rimini
The fusion-born alpha-particle heating in magnetically confined fusion machines is a high priority subject for study. The self-heating of thermonuclear fusion plasma by alpha-particles was observed in recent deuterium-tritium (D-T) experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET). This observation was possible by conducting so-called “af…
Preprint PublishedP. J. Bonofiglo V. Kiptily V. Goloborodko Z. Stancar M. Podesta F. E. Cecil C. D. Challis J. Hobirk A. Kappatou E. Lerche I. Carvalho J. Garcia J. Mailloux C. F. Maggi A. G. Meigs
Capacitive plasma pickup is a well-known and difficult problem for plasma-facing edge diagnostics. Ths problem must be addressed to ensure an accurate and robust interpretation of the real signal measurements versus noise. JET’s Faraday cup fast ion loss detector array is particularly prone to this issue and can be used as a …
Preprint PurchaseG. Decristoforo A. Theodorsen J. Omotani T. Nicholas O. E. Garcia
Intermittent fluctuations in the boundary of magnetically confined plasmas are investigated by numerical turbulence simulations of a reduced fluid model describing the evolution of the plasma density and electric drift vorticity in the two-dimensional plane perpendicular to the magnetic field. Two different cases are considered, one describing resi…
Preprint PublishedC.D. Challis J. Hobirk A. Kappatou E. Lerche F. Auriemma E.Belonohy I. Coffey J. Eriksson A. Field M.Fontana J.Garcia A. Ho F. Jaulmes D. Keeling D. King K. Kirov M. Lennholm C.Maggi J.Mailloux M. Maslov S. Menmuir G. Pucella E. Rachlew F. Rimini A. Sahlberg A.Sips E. Solano C. Stuart M. Valisa
A key aim of the 2021 JET deuterium-tritium (D-T) experiments was to demonstrate steady high fusion power (10-15MW) with the ITER-like Be/W first wall. Plasmas were developed using D, repeated with T to investigate and mitigate isotope effects, and run with D-T to maximise fusion power. Compared with high current (q95~3) ‘baseline’ plasmas, …
PreprintV.G. Kiptily Ye.O. Kazakov M. Nocente J. Ongena M. Dreval T. Craciunescu M. Fitzgerald L. Giacomelli V. Goloborodko M.V. Iliasova E.M. Khilkevitch D. Rigamonti A.V. Shevelev J. Garcia J. Oliver S.E. Sharapov Z. Stancar H. Weisen
Alfvén eigenmode (AE) instabilities driven by α-particles have been observed in D-3He fusion experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall [Kiptily et al, submitted to Phys. Rev. Letters, 2020]. The impact of these type instabilities on a burning plasma is of crucial relevance for the perfor…
PreprintV.G.Kiptily Ye.O.Kazakov M.Nocente J.Ongena M.Dreval T.Craciunescu M.Fitzgerald L.Giacomelli V.Goloborodko D.Rigamonti A.V.Shevelev J.Garcia H.J.C.Oliver S.E.Sharapov Z.Stancar H. Weisen
Alfvén eigenmode (AE) instabilities driven by alpha-particles have been observed in D-3He fusion experiments on the Joint European Torus (JET) with the ITER-like wall (ILW). For the efficient generation of fusion alpha-particles from D-3He fusion reaction, the 3‑ion radio frequency (RF) scenario was used t…
Preprint PublishedG. Caruso(a) S. Ciattaglia(b) B. Colling(c) L. Di Pace(d) D.N. Dongiovanni(e) M. D’Onorio(a) M. Garcia(f) X. Z. Jin(g) J. Johnston(c) D. Leichtle(g) T. Pinna(e) M. T. Porfiri(e) W. Raskob(g) N. Taylor(c) N. Terranova(e) R Vale(c) all contributors to the WPSAE
The Safety and Environmental Work Package (WPSAE) has the scope to progress the safety studies for the future EU DEMO reactor, in the frame of the Eurofusion programme. A Generic Site Safety Report (GSSR) has been designed to include all the steps necessary to cover the safety issues of the nuclear fusion plant, from the definition of principles an…
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