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R.A. Pitts
Researcher at ITER
Publications - 416
Citations - 14065
R.A. Pitts is an academic researcher from ITER. The author has contributed to research in topics: Divertor & Tokamak. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 393 publications receiving 12144 citations. Previous affiliations of R.A. Pitts include Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & Royal Institute of Technology.
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Chapter 4: Power and particle control
A. Loarte,Bruce Lipschultz,A.S. Kukushkin,G. F. Matthews,P.C. Stangeby,Nobuyuki Asakura,G. F. Counsell,G. Federici,A. Kallenbach,K. Krieger,A. Mahdavi,V. Philipps,Detlev Reiter,J. Roth,J. D. Strachan,D.G. Whyte,R.P. Doerner,T. Eich,W. Fundamenski,A. Herrmann,M.E. Fenstermacher,Philippe Ghendrih,M. Groth,A. Kirschner,S. Konoshima,Brian LaBombard,Peter Lang,A.W. Leonard,P. Monier-Garbet,Rudolf Neu,H.D. Pacher,B. Pégourié,R.A. Pitts,Shuichi Takamura,J. L. Terry,E. Tsitrone +35 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the processes that will determine the properties of the plasma edge and its interaction with material elements in ITER and compare their predictions with the new experimental results.
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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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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.
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Physics basis for the first ITER tungsten divertor
R.A. Pitts,Xavier Bonnin,Frederic Escourbiac,H. Frerichs,James Paul Gunn,T. Hirai,A.S. Kukushkin,A.S. Kukushkin,E. G. Kaveeva,M.A. Miller,David Moulton,V. A. Rozhansky,I. Senichenkov,E. Sytova,E. Sytova,E. Sytova,Oliver Schmitz,P.C. Stangeby,G. De Temmerman,I. Veselova,S. Wiesen +20 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the main focus is on the main design driver, steady state power fluxes in the DT phases, obtained from simulations using the 2-D SOLPS-4.3 and SolPS-ITER plasma boundary codes, assuming the use of the low Z seeding impurities nitrogen (N) and neon (Ne).
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Disruptions in ITER and strategies for their control and mitigation
Michael Lehnen,K. Aleynikova,P. Aleynikov,David Campbell,P. Drewelow,N.W. Eidietis,Yu. Gasparyan,Robert Granetz,Y. Gribov,N. Hartmann,E. M. Hollmann,V.A. Izzo,S. Jachmich,S.H. Kim,M. Kocan,H. R. Koslowski,D. V. Kovalenko,U. Kruezi,A. Loarte,S. Maruyama,G. F. Matthews,P. B. Parks,G. Pautasso,R.A. Pitts,C. Reux,V. Riccardo,R. Roccella,J. A. Snipes,A.J. Thornton,P. de Vries,Efda Jet Contributors +30 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a brief overview on the disruption loads and mitigation strategies for ITER and the physics basis which is continuously refined through the current disruption R&D programs is discussed.