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2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)14
30th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Giardini Naxos, Messina, Sicily, 16-21 September 2018
B. Cannas S. Carcangiu A. Fanni T. Farley F. Militello A. Montisci F. Pisano G. Sias N. Walkden
In the present magnetically confined plasmas, the prediction of particle loading on material surfaces is a primary concern in view of the protection of plasma facing components for next step devices. Thus, an understanding of filament dynamics is needed. In this context, this work aims to develop an automatic detector for filaments arising in the M…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)13
27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Ahmedabad, India, 22-27 October 2018
Stefano Coda
The research program of the TCV tokamak ranges from conventional to advanced-tokamak scenarios and alternative divertor configurations, to exploratory plasmas driven by theoretical insight, exploiting the device’s unique shaping capabilities. Disruption avoidance by real-time locked mode prevention or unlocking with ECRH was thoroughly documen…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)12
30th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Giardini Naxos, Messina, Sicily, 16-21 September 2018
Stuart Budden Ane Barturen Victor Agudo Jonathan Keep Paul Shaughnessy Gregory Keech Antony Loving
RACE has been developing a concept design for the remote maintenance system for the EUROfusion DEMO powerplant. Within the DEMO tokamak, tritium breeding blankets will require periodic replacement which is currently designed to utilize the upper vertical ports at the top of the vacuum vessel. This operation will be challenging due to the scale of t…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)11
27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Ahmedabad, India, 22-27 October 2018
Yu.V. Yakovenko V.V. Lutsenko B.S. Lepiavko V.Ya. Goloborodko Ya.I. Kolesnichenko A.I. Tishchenko V. Kiptily S. Sharapov L. Giacomelli T. Craciunescu H. Weisen JET Contributors
Results of simulations of the sawtooth-induced redistribution of fast ions in JET and ITER with the code OFSEF are presented. The dependence of the redistribution on the particle parameters (energy and pitch angle) is studied. The redistribution of the trapped and marginally passing particles is found to exhibit barrier-like behaviour at the separa…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)10
45th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics (EPS), Prague, 2-6 July 2018
S. A. Silburn G. F. Matthews T. W. Morgan R. E. Nygren the Magnum PSI Team
Recent experiments on Magnum-PSI exposed a lithium-filled heat pipe to a hydrogen plasma beam to demonstrate the potential of radiatively cooled, high temperature heat pipes as modular, replaceable plasma facing components. Monitoring the temperature distribution over the full 20cm length of the pipe was a crucial element of the experiment, requiri…
Preprint2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)09
30th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Giardini Naxos, Messina, Sicily, 16-21 September 2018
Ronan Kelly Guy Burroughes Robert Skilton Jonathan Naish
The operation of nuclear fusion facilities must be carefully planned and monitored due to the potential damage to equipment or personnel caused by radiation fields. A method for visualising such three-dimensional (3D) radiation fields in real-time is presented. An interactive volumetric representation is achieved using view-dependent ray casting of…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)08
27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Ahmedabad, India, 22-27 October 2018
Oliver Crofts Antony Loving Richard Gowland Gregory Keech
The development of fusion as a viable power source is moving from the science driven design of experimental devices to the engineering design considerations required to develop a feasible power plant. An effective maintenance plan is essential because the time in maintenance is potentially very large. To be effective a maintenance plan must be o…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)07
30th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Giardini Naxos, Messina, Sicily, 16-21 September 2018
Gerald Pintsuk Eberhard Diegele Sergei Dudarev Michael Gorley Jean Henry Jens Reiser Michael Rieth
This paper addresses the EUROfusion DEMO materials research program and highlights the characterization of the in-vessel baseline materials EUROFER97, CuCrZr and tungsten as well as advanced structural and high heat flux materials developed for risk mitigation. In support of engineering design activities the focus primarily is to assemble a data ba…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)06
27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Ahmedabad, India, 22-27 October 2018
M. Coleman M. Kovari
The tritium start-up inventory required by a tritium self-sufficient DEMO-class fusion reactor is subject to a wide margin of uncertainty, with estimates in the literature varying from less than 1 kg to almost 20 kg for a ~2 GW fusion reactor. If ITER is successful, it is conceivable that multiple DEMO-class devices may be developed in parallel; th…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(18)05
45th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics (EPS), Prague, 2-6 July 2018