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2021
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(21)09
28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Nice, France, 10-15th May 2021
L. W. Packer P. Batistoni S. C. Bradnam S. Conroy M. Fabbri Z. Ghani M. R. Gilbert S. Jednorog E. Laszynska D. Leichtle I. Lengar M. Majerle J. W. Mietelski C. R.Nobs O. Ogorodnikova M. Pillon M. I. Savva I. E. Stamatelatos T. Vasilopoulou R. Villari A. Wojcik-Gargula R. Worrall JET Contributors
Understanding the effects of neutron irradiation of materials is one of the outstanding issues in the development of fusion technologies. The impact of this work derives from the opportunity, for the first time in a tokamak operating with a D-T plasma, to deliver experimental results which directly link to the nuclear characteristics of real sam…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(21)08
28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Nice, France, 10-15th May 2021
C J Ham A Bokshi D Brunetti G Bustos Ramirez B Chapman J W Connor D Dickinson A R Field J P Graves T Kiviniemi S Leerink B McMillan S Newton S Pamela C M Roach S Saarelma J Simpson S F Smith P Strand A Virtanen the JET Contributors*
The pedestal plays an important role in determining the confinement in tokamak H-mode plasmas. However, the steep pressure gradients in this transport barrier also lead to edge localized modes (ELMs) [1]. There is good understanding of the pedestal in type I ELM regimes [2], however, type I ELMs are known to damage plasma facing components and f…
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UKAEA-RACE-CP(21)02
31st Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20 - 25 September 2020
Emil T. Jonasson Luis Ramos Pinto Alberto Vale Robert Skilton
Sensor technologies will play a key role in the success of Remote Maintenance (RM) systems for future fusion reactors such as ITER and DEMO. Understanding their limitations and suitability for use in a fusion context is crucial to the operation and maintenance of these reactors. In this paper, we evaluate three key types of sensor which are of p…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(21)03
24th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Adelaide, Australia, 4-8 November 2019
Andrew Davis Aleksander Dubas Rubin Otin
The field of fusion energy is about to enter the ITER era, for the first time we will have access to a device capable of producing 500 MW of fusion power, with plasmas lasting more than 300 seconds and with core tem- perature…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(21)02
24th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices (PSI), South Korea, 24 - 29 January 2021
J. Leland S. Elmore A. Kirk H. v/d Meiden. J. Scholten S. Allan J. W. Bradley
Measurements made using flush-mounted Langmuir probes (FMPs) in tokamaks are difficult to interpret when operating at grazing angles of magnetic field incidence due to the effects of sheath expansion on the probe collection area. The super-X divertor on the upgraded Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST-U) will have very shallow angles of magnetic fi…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)122
24th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices (PSI), South Korea, 24 - 29 January 2021
F. Militello 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 J. Lilburne 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 A. Wilde M. Wischmeier L.Y. Xiang
A thorough physics and engineering analysis of alternative divertor configurations is carried out by examining benefits and problems by comparing the baseline single null solution with a Snowflake, an X- and a Super-X divertor. It is observed that alternative configurations can provide margin and resilience against large power fluctuations, but the…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)111
30th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), Giardini Naxos, Messina, Sicily, 16-21 September 2018
S.Hall P.Jacquet G.Naylor
The Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) is currently being extensively upgraded to provide a system that will be able to add to the knowledge base for ITER as well as testing innovative reactor systems such as the Super-X divertor. MAST-U will have increased coil system and power supply capability. Therefore, to ensure operation of MAST-U within safe…
Preprint Published2020
UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)106
14th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT-14) Budapest,Hungary, 22-27 September 2019
L. W. Packer S. Allan S. B. Bradnam M. R. Gilbert T. Stainer
The measurement of the fusion neutron yield provides a direct relationship with fusion power and is hence an important measure of experimental performance. In pulsed neutron emission scenarios, such as those experienced in dense plasma focus devices, inertial confinement fusion and even in short-pulse tokamak experiments, considerations of the dyna…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)90
28th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 2 – 6 June 2019
Thomas R. Barrett T. Grant M. Kovari N. Mantel A. Muir
Investment in past fusion experiments has been motivated largely by the study of tokamak physics, and has been vital to provide a sound physics basis for design of a power reactor. However, meeting the challenge of realising fusion energy production will require considerable and increasing investment in facilities for testing and development of fus…
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UKAEA-CCFE-CP(20)98
27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Ahmedabad, India, 22-27 October 2018