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…
This paper discusses the possibility that there is an enhancement of volume production due to gettering of atomic hydrogen by the caesium deposited on the walls, which reduces the negative ion destruction by associative and non-associative detachment. Such an enhancement would take place for all plasma grid bias voltages. Furthermore at plasma grid…
