Physics basis for the first ITER tungsten divertor

RA Pitts, X Bonnin, F Escourbiac, H Frerichs… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2019 - Elsevier
On the eve of component procurement, this paper discusses the present physics basis for
the first ITER tungsten (W) divertor, beginning with a reminder of the key elements defining …

An overview of the numerical methods for tokamak plasma equilibrium computation implemented in the NICE code

B Faugeras - Fusion engineering and design, 2020 - Elsevier
The code NICE (Newton direct and Inverse Computation for Equilibrium) enables to solve
numerically several problems of plasma free-boundary equilibrium computations in a …

Presentation of the new SOLPS-ITER code package for tokamak plasma edge modelling

X Bonnin, W Dekeyser, R Pitts, D Coster… - Plasma and Fusion …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Simulations of ITER divertor performance, geometry optimization and estimates of key
related parameters such as fuelling throughput have historically relied on the SOLPS …

The JOREK non-linear extended MHD code and applications to large-scale instabilities and their control in magnetically confined fusion plasmas

M Hoelzl, GTA Huijsmans, SJP Pamela… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
JOREK is a massively parallel fully implicit non-linear extended magneto-hydrodynamic
(MHD) code for realistic tokamak X-point plasmas. It has become a widely used versatile …

Metis: a fast integrated tokamak modelling tool for scenario design

JF Artaud, F Imbeaux, J Garcia, G Giruzzi, T Aniel… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
METIS is a numerical code aiming at fast full tokamak plasma analyses and predictions. It
combines 0D scaling-law normalised heat and particle transport with 1D current diffusion …

Pedestal structure, stability and scalings in JET-ILW: the EUROfusion JET-ILW pedestal database

L Frassinetti, S Saarelma, G Verdoolaege… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The EUROfusion JET-ILW pedestal database is described, with emphasis on three
main issues. First, the technical aspects are introduced, including a description of the data …

Validation of edge turbulence codes against the TCV-X21 diverted L-mode reference case

DS Oliveira, T Body, D Galassi, C Theiler… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-consistent full-size turbulent-transport simulations of the divertor and scrape-off-layer
(SOL) of existing tokamaks have recently become feasible. This enables the direct …

Core radiative collapse characterisation and integrated modelling in WEST plasmas

V Ostuni, J Morales, JF Artaud, C Bourdelle… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In the full tungsten environment of WEST, during its first phase of operation, around 25% of
the pulses exhibited a rapid central electron temperature collapse. In its first phase, WEST …

Advancing fusion with machine learning research needs workshop report

D Humphreys, A Kupresanin, MD Boyer, J Canik… - Journal of Fusion …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) methods have been used
successfully in recent years to solve problems in many areas, including image recognition …

Assessment of ITER divertor performance during early operation phases

JS Park, X Bonnin, R Pitts - Nuclear fusion, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
During the ITER design phase, the focus of ITER boundary plasma modeling activities has
been on divertor performance under baseline H-mode, fusion power operation (FPO) …