C. Giroud S. Brezinsek R. Pitts I.S. Carvalho A. Huber E. Kaveeva D. Keeling J. Mailloux S. Aleiferis B. Chapman S. Henderson L. Garzotti E. Lerche M. MArin M. Maslov M. Brix P. Carvalho I. Coffey J. Fontdecaba L. Horvath I. Jepu J. Karhunen E. Litherland-Smith A. Meigs R.B. Morales T. Pereira D. Refy Z. Stancar M. Sertoli S. Silburn G. Szepesi A. Thorman M. Tomes I. Veselova B. Viola S. Wiesen JET contributors,
JET has investigated one the key issues for the baseline scenario in ITER, the integration of a radiative divertor for heat load control with the use of neon and nitrogen as seed impurity. A characterization of the choice of the impurity seed on plasma confinement, neutrons, pedestal MHD stability, pedestal instabilities, core transport is given…
PreprintG. Pucella E. Alessi P. Buratti M. V. Falessi E. Giovannozzi F. Zonca M. Baruzzo C. D. Challis R. Dumont D. Frigione L. Garzotti J. Hobirk A. Kappatou D. L. Keeling D. King E. Lerche P. J. Lomas M. Maslov I. Nunes F. Rimini P. Siren C. Sozzi M. F. Stamp Z. Stancar D. Van Eester M. Zerbini
The experimental observation of multiple oscillations likely associated with beta-induced Alfven eigenmodes with toroidal mode number n = 1, 2 during strong tearing activity in JET plasmas is reported in this work. It is found the frequencies of these oscillations range from 5 kHz to 20 kHz, being consistent with the low-frequency beta-induc…
PreprintJ. W. Berkery S. A. Sabbagh J. Bialek Y. Jiang C. Ham L. Kogan D. Ryan A. Thornton G. Xia D. Battaglia Z. Wang A. Piccione Y. Andreopoulos L. Guazzotto S. Gibson Y. Q. Liu
In preparation for high fusion plasma performance operation of the newly operating spherical tokamak MAST-U, the equilibrium and stability properties of plasmas in the MAST database, as well as projections for MAST-U, are explored. The disruption event characterization and forecasting (DECAF) code is utilized to map disruptions in MAST, particul…
PreprintD. Moulton A. Fil O. Myatra B. Lipschultz B. Dudson
The paper reviews recent SOLPS modelling of long-legged divertors carried out by UKAEA and the University of York. The required upstream density required for detachment is predicted to scale inversely with the total flux expansion of the divertor, but experimentally this was not found to be the case on TCV. Interpretative SOLPS-ITER modelling sugge…
PreprintJ. Morris M. Coleman S. Kahn A. J. Pearce D. Short J. E. Cook S. Desai L. Humprey M. Kovari J. Maddock D. Vaccaro
As the EUROfusion EU-DEMO design programme approaches the transition between the pre-conceptual and conceptual design phase the systems code PROCESS has been improved to incorporate more detailed plasma physics, engineering and analysis modules. Unlike many systems codes PROCESS combines the physics modelling with both technology and costs analysis…
PreprintM. VALOVIČ Y. BARANOV A. BOBOC J. BUCHANAN J. CITRIN E. DELABIE L. GARZOTTI C. GIROUD R. MCKEAN E. LERCHE E. DE LA LUNA V. KIPTILY F. KÖCHL M. MARIN S. MENMUIR C. VON THUN G. TVALASHVILI AND THE JET CONTRIBUTORS
Control of plasma H:D isotope mix using solely shallow pellets (in H or D) was demonstrated in recent experiments, attaining ~50%:50% ratio. The isotope mix propagates from the edge to the core on the confinement timescale. Isotope dependence of energy confinement is within error bar to scaling laws. A dataset is collected for different pellet s…
PreprintM. Fulvio L. Aho-Mantila R. Ambrosino T. Body H. Bufferand G. Calabro’ G. Ciraolo D. Coster G. Di Gironimo P. Fanelli N. Fedorczak A. Herrmann P. Innocente R. Kembleton T. Lunt D. Marzullo S. Merriman D. Moulton A. Nielsen J. Omotani G. Ramogida H. Reimerdes M. Reinhart P. Ricci F. Riva A. Stegmeir F. Subba W. Suttrop P. Tamain M. Teschke A. Thrysoe W. Treutterer S. Varoutis M. Wensing M. Wischmeier l. Y. Xiang J. Lilburne A. Wilde
A comparison between different alternative divertor configurations, in terms of benefits and additional complexity is carried out for the European DEMO. A synergetic approach between different aspects of the problem, including physics and engineering, provides new insight on the capabilities of the new divertors to handle the exhausted power wit…
PreprintDamian Sobieraj Jan S. Wróbel Mark R. Gilbert Andrey Litnovsky Felix Klein Krzysztof J. Kurzydłowski Duc Nguyen-Manh
W-Cr-Y smart alloys are potential material candidates for plasma facing components due to their protective behaviour during the loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA), while maintaining beneficial properties of W during the normal operation of the fusion power plant. During plasma exposure the lighter alloying elements are preferentially sputtered at t…
PreprintD. Nguyen-Manh J.S. Wrobel M. Klimenkov M.J. Lloyd L. Messina S.L. Dudarev
Understanding how properties of materials change due to nuclear transmutations is a major challenge for the design of structural components for a fusion power plant. In this study, by combining a first-principles matrix Hamiltonian approach with thermodynamic integration we investigate quasisteady state configurations of multi-component alloys, …
PreprintAlessandro Altobelli Ozan Tokatli Robert Skilton
In the last decades, several approaches have been presented to accomplish tasks with a robot or autonomous systems in a glovebox, nevertheless, in nuclear facilities, risky operations are still executed by humans that guarantee a high manipulation capability and dexterity. Inside the gloveboxes, robotic devices have to operate in cluttered envir…
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