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A. Loarte
Researcher at ITER
Publications - 414
Citations - 16627
A. Loarte is an academic researcher from ITER. The author has contributed to research in topics: Divertor & Tokamak. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 395 publications receiving 14856 citations. Previous affiliations of A. Loarte include Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute & European Atomic Energy Community.
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Recent analysis of key plasma wall interactions issues for ITER
J. Roth,E. Tsitrone,A. Loarte,Th. Loarer,G.F. Counsell,Rudolf Neu,V. Philipps,S. Brezinsek,Michael Lehnen,P. Coad,Ch. Grisolia,Klaus Schmid,K. Krieger,A. Kallenbach,Bruce Lipschultz,R.P. Doerner,Rion A. Causey,V.K. Alimov,W. M. Shu,O. V. Ogorodnikova,A. Kirschner,Gianfranco Federici,A.S. Kukushkin +22 more
TL;DR: In this paper, different aspects of the PWI are assessed in their importance for the initial wall materials choice: CFC for the strike point tiles, W in the divertor and baffle and Be on the first wall.
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A full tungsten divertor for ITER: Physics issues and design status
R.A. Pitts,S. Carpentier,Frederic Escourbiac,T. Hirai,V. Komarov,S.W. Lisgo,A.S. Kukushkin,A. Loarte,Mario Merola,A. Sashala Naik,R. Mitteau,Masayoshi Sugihara,B. Bazylev,P.C. Stangeby +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the risks engendered by the baseline divertor strategy with regard to known W plasma-material interaction issues and briefly present the current status of a possible full-tungsten (W) divertor design.
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Characteristics of type I ELM energy and particle losses in existing devices and their extrapolation to ITER
A. Loarte,G. Saibene,R. Sartori,David Campbell,M. Becoulet,L. D. Horton,T. Eich,Albrecht Herrmann,G. Matthews,Nobuyuki Asakura,A. V. Chankin,Anthony Leonard,G. Porter,G. Federici,G. Janeschitz,Michiya Shimada,M. Sugihara +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that ELM energy losses are correlated with the density and temperature of the pedestal plasma before the ELM crash and the timescale of ELM particle fluxes.
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Plasma facing and high heat flux materials-needs for ITER and beyond
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the rationale for the selection of PFMs in ITER (Be, W, carbon fibre reinforced carbon) is described with regard to the critical issues concerning PFMs, esp. erosion during transient heat loads and the T-inventory in connection with the redeposition of carbon.
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Physics basis and design of the ITER plasma-facing components
R.A. Pitts,S. Carpentier,Frederic Escourbiac,T. Hirai,V. Komarov,A.S. Kukushkin,S.W. Lisgo,A. Loarte,Mario Merola,R. Mitteau,A.R. Raffray,Michiya Shimada,P.C. Stangeby +12 more
TL;DR: The ITER PFC design has now reached a rather mature stage following the 2007 ITER Design Review as discussed by the authors, and the key elements of the design, reviews the physics drivers, essentially thermal load specifications, which have defined the concept and discusses a selection of material and design issues.