Magnetic-confinement fusion

J Ongena, R Koch, R Wolf, H Zohm - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Our modern society requires environmentally friendly solutions for energy production.
Energy can be released not only from the fission of heavy nuclei but also from the fusion of …

Impurity transport in tokamak plasmas, theory, modelling and comparison with experiments

C Angioni - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, the theory of collisional and turbulent transport of impurities in tokamak
plasmas is reviewed. The results are presented with the aim of providing at the same time a …

Overview of EU DEMO design and R&D activities

G Federici, R Kemp, D Ward, C Bachmann… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
One important objective of the EU fusion roadmap Horizon 2020 is to lay the foundation of a
Demonstration Fusion Power Reactor (DEMO) to follow ITER, with the capability of …

Basic physical processes and reduced models for plasma detachment

PC Stangeby - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The divertor of a tokamak reactor will have to satisfy a number of critical constraints, the first
of which is that the divertor targets not fail due to excessive heating or sputter-erosion. This …

Developing structural, high-heat flux and plasma facing materials for a near-term DEMO fusion power plant: The EU assessment

D Stork, P Agostini, JL Boutard, D Buckthorpe… - Journal of nuclear …, 2014 - Elsevier
The findings of the EU 'Materials Assessment Group'(MAG), within the 2012 EU Fusion
Roadmap exercise, are discussed. MAG analysed the technological readiness of structural …

Partial detachment of high power discharges in ASDEX Upgrade

A Kallenbach, M Bernert, M Beurskens, L Casali… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Detachment of high power discharges is obtained in ASDEX Upgrade by simultaneous
feedback control of core radiation and divertor radiation or thermoelectric currents by the …

Divertor plasma detachment

SI Krasheninnikov, AS Kukushkin, AA Pshenov - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Regime with the plasma detached from the divertor targets (detached divertor regime) is a
natural continuation of the high recycling conditions to higher density and stronger impurity …

[HTML][HTML] Physics and applications of three-ion ICRF scenarios for fusion research

YO Kazakov, J Ongena, JC Wright, SJ Wukitch… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
This paper summarizes the physical principles behind the novel three-ion scenarios using
radio frequency waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF). We discuss how to …

Divertor studies in nitrogen induced completely detached H-modes in full tungsten ASDEX Upgrade

F Reimold, M Wischmeier, M Bernert, S Potzel… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The first stable completely detached H-mode plasma in the full tungsten ASDEX Upgrade
has been achieved. Complete detachment of both targets is induced by nitrogen seeding …

Plasma–wall interaction studies within the EUROfusion consortium: progress on plasma-facing components development and qualification

S Brezinsek, JW Coenen, T Schwarz-Selinger… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The provision of a particle and power exhaust solution which is compatible with first-wall
components and edge-plasma conditions is a key area of present-day fusion research and …