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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3192025
Fe–Cr binary alloys serve as simplified model systems to study irradiation damage relevant to fusion structural materials. Here, Fe-3%Cr and Fe-5%Cr samples were irradiated with 4 MeV Fe ions with a dose rate of 4 × 10⁻⁵ dpa/s across a linear thermal gradient (120°C–480°C) in a single experiment, enabling direct comparison of temperatu…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3092025
Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) is a powerful and very commonly used tool on machines used in the development of magnetically confined fusion power. Not all the neutral beam power is deposited within the plasma. This shinethrough power must be dealt with in the plasma vessel and any components irradiated by it must be protected against excessive he…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3082025
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(25)3012025
Detailed results are presented from the first experimental study of self-regulation between plasma relative density fluctuations and perpendicular velocity over limit cycle oscillations (LCO) across the edge and near scrape-off layer (SOL) regions of the MAST-U spherical tokamak. The start of the dithering phase is preceded by the localisation of t…
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UKAEA-STEP-PR(24)132024
The purpose of the digital workstream is the shorten the pathway to delivering a working fusion pilot plant. As with any development pathway there are rate limiting steps in a programme, a fairly major challenge that is common across fusion concepts is the limited possibility of physical testing with conditions close to that of a first wall environ…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(24)2142024
In order to test the capability of the full electromagnetic DYON to predict the plasma initiation feasibility of individual discharges and thus the operating space in the device, a dedicated experimental database was built in MAST-U by scanning the prefilled gas pressure $p_0$ and the induced loop voltage $V_{loop}$ (3 failed breakdown discharge…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(24)2492023
Short-range order (SRO) in multicomponent concentrated alloys affects their mechanical response. Hence, is paramount to understand how composition modifies the chemical ordering in the system to design materials with optimal properties. We present here a methodology to predict the SRO and thermodynamic properties in chemically complex systems an…
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UKAEA-STEP-PR(23)022023
Preconditioners are meant to improve both, the efficiency and robustness of iterative techniques while solving very large linear systems on a Krylov subspace. However, determining which preconditioner is suitable to be applied on a certain multiphysic simulation requires a combination of knowledge of preconditioning matrices techniques, types of ma…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(23)112023
A prototype infrared video bolometer (IRVB) was succesfully deployed in MAST-U, the first deployment of such a diagnostic in spherical tokamaks. The IRVB was designed to study the radiation around the x-point and has the potential to return emissivity profiles of unprecedented spatial resolution. The system was fully characterised prior installatio…
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UKAEA-CCFE-PR(24)2442022
Zirconium alloys are widely used as the fuel cladding material in pressurised water reactors where a significant population of defects and dislocations is produced by exposure to neutrons. We present and interpret synchrotron microbeam X-ray diffraction measurements of proton- irradiated Zircaloy-4, where we identify a transient peak and the sub…
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