The JET hybrid scenario in Deuterium, Tritium and Deuterium-Tritium

The JET hybrid scenario has been developed from low plasma current carbon wall discharges to the record-breaking Deuterium-Tritium plasmas obtained in 2021 with the ITER-like Be/W wall. The development started in pure Deuterium with refinement of the plasma current, and toroidal magnetic field choic...

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Autores: Hobirk, Jörg, Challis, C.D., Kappatou, Athina, Lerche, E., Keeling, D., Gallart, Daniel|||0000-0003-1663-3550, Mantsinen, Mervi M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/411687
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/411687
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/acde8d
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fusion
Magnetic fusion
Hybrid scenario
Tritium
D-T
Isotope effects
Simulació per ordinador
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de fluids::Física de plasmes
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Sumario:The JET hybrid scenario has been developed from low plasma current carbon wall discharges to the record-breaking Deuterium-Tritium plasmas obtained in 2021 with the ITER-like Be/W wall. The development started in pure Deuterium with refinement of the plasma current, and toroidal magnetic field choices and succeeded in solving the heat load challenges arising from 37 MW of injected power in the ITER like wall environment, keeping the radiation in the edge and core controlled, avoiding MHD instabilities and reaching high neutron rates. The Deuterium hybrid plasmas have been re-run in Tritium and methods have been found to keep the radiation controlled but not at high fusion performance probably due to time constraints. For the first time this scenario has been run in Deuterium-Tritium (50:50). These plasmas were re-optimised to have a radiation-stable H-mode entry phase, good impurity control through edge Ti gradient screening and optimised performance with fusion power exceeding 10 MW for longer than three alpha particle slow down times, 8.3 MW averaged over 5 s and fusion energy of 45.8 MJ.