Ion beam analysis of fusion plasma-facing materials and components: facilities and research challenges

M Mayer, S Möller, M Rubel, A Widdowson… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Following the IAEA Technical Meeting on'Advanced Methodologies for the Analysis
of Materials in Energy Applications Using Ion Beam Accelerators', this paper reviews the …

Overview of operation and experiments in the ADITYA-U tokamak

RL Tanna, H Raj, J Ghosh, R Kumar, S Aich… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The first Indian tokamak, ADITYA, operated for over two decades with a circular poloidal
limiter, has been upgraded to a tokamak named ADITYA Upgrade (ADITYA-U) to attain …

Observation of short time-scale spectral emissions at millimeter wavelengths with the new CTS diagnostic on the FTU tokamak

A Bruschi, E Alessi, W Bin, O D'Arcangelo… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
On the FTU tokamak, the collective Thomson scattering (CTS) diagnostic was renewed for
investigating the possible excitation of parametric decay instabilities (PDI) by electron …

Fusion energy sciences workshop on plasma materials interactions: Report on science challenges and research opportunities in plasma materials interactions

R Maingi, SJ Zinkle, MS Foster - 2015 - osti.gov
The realization of controlled thermonuclear fusion as an energy source would transform
society, providing a nearly limitless energy source with renewable fuel. Under the auspices …

Studies of runaway electrons via Cherenkov effect in tokamaks

J Zebrowski, L Jakubowski, M Rabinski… - Journal of Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The paper concerns measurements of runaway electrons (REs) which are generated during
discharges in tokamaks. The control of REs is an important task in experimental studies …

Initial exploration of high-field pulsed stellarator approach to ignition experiments

V Queral, FA Volpe, D Spong, S Cabrera… - Journal of Fusion …, 2018 - Springer
In the framework of fusion energy research based on magnetic confinement, pulsed high-
field tokamaks such as Alcator and FTU have made significant scientific contributions, while …

Runaway electron imaging spectrometry (REIS) system

F Causa, M Gospodarczyk, P Buratti… - Review of Scientific …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
A portable Runaway Electron Imaging and Spectrometry System (REIS) was developed in
ENEA-Frascati to measure synchrotron radiation spectra from in-flight runaway electrons in …

Minimization of magnetic forces on stellarator coils

R Robin, FA Volpe - Nuclear Fusion, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic confinement devices for nuclear fusion can be large and expensive. Compact
stellarators are promising candidates for cost-reduction, but introduce new difficulties …

Progress of a gas-electron-multiplier based camera (GEM) in investigating EAST macroscopic instabilities

E Li, Y Chen, H Qu, T Zhou, F Chen… - Plasma Physics and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years magneto-hydrodynamic instabilities have been observed in different
experimental scenarios by a gas electron multiplier (GEM) camera, since it was installed on …

Temperature model identification of ftu liquid lithium limiter

ML Apicella, A Buscarino, C Corradino… - … on Control Systems …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, the thermal model identification of the limiter surface placed in nuclear fusion
plants facilities is presented. Experimental data measured at the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade …