In many tokamak and stellarator experiments around the globe that are investigating energy
production via controlled thermonuclear fusion, electron cyclotron heating and current drive …

This paper describes the status of the pre-conceptual design activities in Europe to advance
the technical basis of the design of a DEMOnstration Fusion Power Plant (DEMO) to come in …

Modeling tokamaks enables a deeper understanding of how to run and control our
experiments and how to design stable and reliable reactors. We model tokamaks to …

Abstract The China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) is the proposed next-
generation fusion facility in China. During its two operational phases, a large fraction of …

Gyrotron R&D within the EUROfusion Work Package Heating and Current Drive (WPHCD) is
addressing the challenging requirements posed on gyrotrons by the European concept for a …

Abstract The European DEMO (EU-DEMO) reactor studies within EUROfusion aim to
develop a fusion power plant concept. The large tokamak device needs an auxiliary heating …

The engineering design and R&D of auxiliary heating systems and their sub-systems are a
key activities in the frame of the present conceptual design phase for a first of a kind …

Neutral beam injection (NBI) is one of the auxiliary power systems considered for the EU
DEMO pulsed plasma ('DEMO1'). In this paper, we discuss the characteristics of optimized …

The integration of the heating and current drive (HCD) systems in the EU DEMO tokamak
must address a number of issues, namely space constraints in the tokamak building, remote …

Plasma initiation is an important phase in a tokamak discharge. The main objective of
magnetic control in this phase is to first obtain sufficiently high electric field and connection …