Electromagnetic and fast ions effects as a key mechanism for turbulent transport suppression at JET

J Garcia, JET Contributors - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
JET has provided a test bed over the last ten years for detailed studies of the influence of
electromagnetic (EM) and fast ion effects on transport, turbulence and energy confinement …

Completion of JT-60SA construction and contribution to ITER

Y Kamada, E Di Pietro, M Hanada, P Barabaschi… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Construction of the JT-60SA tokamak was completed on schedule in March 2020.
Manufacture and assembly of all the main tokamak components satisfied technical …

Dynamical modelling of tearing mode stabilization by RF current drive

G Giruzzi, M Zabiégo, TA Gianakon, X Garbet… - Nuclear …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
The theory of tearing mode stabilization in toroidal plasmas by RF driven currents that are
modulated in phase with the island rotation is investigated. A time-scale analysis of the …

Wall conditioning in fusion devices with superconducting coils

T Wauters, D Borodin, R Brakel… - Plasma physics and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Wall conditioning is essential in tokamak and stellarator research to achieve plasma
performance and reproducibility. This paper presents an overview of recent conditioning …

Comparative analysis of spectroscopic studies of tungsten and carbon deposits on plasma-facing components in thermonuclear fusion reactors

VG Stankevich, NY Svechnikov, BN Kolbasov - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
Studies on the erosion products of tungsten plasma-facing components (films, surfaces, and
dust) for thermonuclear fusion reactors by spectroscopic methods are considered and …

Validation of theory-based integrated modeling and new insights for a high-performance steady-state scenario with only RF heating on EAST

XM Zhai, JL Chen, N Xiang, XZ Gong, J Huang… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Theory-based integrated modeling is validated against high-performance steady-
state core plasmas on EAST in the high poloidal beta (β p) regime with only RF heating …

Impact of shaping on microstability in high-performance tokamak plasmas

O Beeke, M Barnes, M Romanelli, M Nakata… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We have used the local-δf gyrokinetic code GS2 to perform studies of the effect of flux-
surface shaping on two highly-shaped, low-and high-β JT-60SA-relevant equilibria …

Gyrokinetic turbulence modeling of a high performance scenario in JT-60SA

A Iantchenko, MJ Pueschel, S Brunner, S Coda - Nuclear Fusion, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Local gyrokinetic simulations are used to model turbulent transport for the first time in a
representative high-performance plasma discharge projected for the new JT-60SA tokamak …

Overview of Broader Approach activities

H Dzitko, P Barabaschi, P Cara, Y Carin… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Broader Approach (BA) activities aim to complement the ITER project and to
promote the early realization of fusion energy through research, development, and tests of …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of boundary and edge-plasma modeling in computations of axisymmetric vertical displacement

KJ Bunkers, CR Sovinec - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A number of previously published studies apply extended-magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
computations to model macroscopic dynamics of tokamak vertical displacement events …