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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
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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.About:
This article is published in Journal of Nuclear Materials.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 368 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Divertor.read more
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Contrasting H-mode behaviour with deuterium fuelling and nitrogen seeding in the all-carbon and metallic versions of JET
G. P. Maddison,C. Giroud,B. Alper,G. Arnoux,I. Balboa,M. N. A. Beurskens,A. Boboc,S. Brezinsek,M. Brix,M. Clever,R. Coelho,J. W. Coenen,I. H. Coffey,P. C. da Silva Aresta Belo,S. Devaux,P. Devynck,T. Eich,R. C. Felton,J. Flanagan,Lorenzo Frassinetti,L. Garzotti,M. Groth,S. Jachmich,Aaro Järvinen,E. Joffrin,M. A. H. Kempenaars,U. Kruezi,K. D. Lawson,M. Lehnen,M. Leyland,Yueqiang Liu,P. J. Lomas,C.G. Lowry,S. Marsen,G. F. Matthews,G. K. McCormick,A. Meigs,A. W. Morris,Rudolf Neu,I. Nunes,M. Oberkofler,F. G. Rimini,S. Saarelma,B. Sieglin,A. C. C. Sips,A. Sirinelli,M.F. Stamp,G.J. van Rooij,D.J. Ward,M. Wischmeier,Jet-Efda Contributors +50 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the performance of ITER-like wall (ILW) and all-C wall (all-C) with deuterium fuelling and impurity seeding.
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Effects of ELM mitigation coils on energetic particle confinement in ITER steady-state operation
Keiji Tani,Kouji Shinohara,T. Oikawa,Hiroaki Tsutsui,S. Miyamoto,Yoshinori Kusama,Tatsuo Sugie +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of edge-localized mode (ELM) mitigation coils on the loss of NBI-produced fast ions and fusion-produced alpha particles are investigated using an orbit following Monte Carlo code.
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Narrow heat flux channels in the COMPASS limiter scrape-off layer
J. Horacek,Petr Vondracek,Radomir Panek,R. Dejarnac,Matthias Komm,R.A. Pitts,M. Kocan,Robert James Goldston,P.C. Stangeby,Estelle Gauthier,P. Hacek,Josef Havlicek,Martin Hron,Martin Imrisek,F. Janky,Jakub Seidl +15 more
TL;DR: The ITER first wall is toroidally shaped in order to spread the incident parallel power flux uniformly, assuming a single decay length λq whose value is not known from first principles as discussed by the authors.
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Effect of plasma response on the fast ion losses due to ELM control coils in ITER
Jari Varje,Otto Asunta,Mario Cavinato,Mario Gagliardi,Eero Hirvijoki,Eero Hirvijoki,Eero Hirvijoki,Tuomas Koskela,Taina Kurki-Suonio,Yueqiang Liu,Vassili Parail,G. Saibene,Seppo Sipilä,Antti Snicker,K. Särkimäki,Simppa Äkäslompolo +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results of fusion alpha and NBI ion losses in the ITER baseline scenario modelled with the Monte Carlo orbit following code ASCOT in a realistic magnetic field including the effect of the plasma response.
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Shielding materials in the compact spherical tokamak
TL;DR: Some fundamental materials properties of monolithic tungsten carbide including thermal transport, mechanical properties and plasma interaction are considered, and WC is found to have generally favourable properties compared to metallic tsungsten shields.
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Recent analysis of key plasma wall interactions issues for ITER
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the particle and radial flux density statistics in the scrape-off layer of TCV plasmas and direct comparison with two-dimensional interchange turbulence simulations at the outer midplane.
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Status and physics basis of the ITER divertor
R.A. Pitts,A.S. Kukushkin,A. Loarte,A. Martin,Mario Merola,C.E. Kessel,V. Komarov,Michiya Shimada +7 more
TL;DR: The ITER divertor design is the culmination of years of physics and engineering effort, building confidence that this critical component will satisfy the requirements and meet the challenge of burning plasma operation as discussed by the authors.
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