As part of ITPA-Integrated Operational Scenario activities, this contribution reviews recent
experimental characterizations of radio-frequency (RF)-induced scrape-off layer (SOL) …

A future fusion reactor is expected to have all-metal plasma facing materials (PFMs) to
ensure low erosion rates, low tritium retention and stability against high neutron fluences. As …

Divertor detachment is explored on the TCV tokamak in alternative magnetic geometries.
Starting from typical TCV single-null shapes, the poloidal flux expansion at the outer …

Operation of DEMO in comparison to ITER will be significantly more demanding, as various
additional limitations of physical and technical nature have to be respected. In particular a …

As part of the ITER Design Review and in response to the issues identified by the Science
and Technology Advisory Committee, the ITER physics requirements were reviewed and as …

In the perspective of operating tungsten monoblocks in WEST, the ongoing major upgrade of
the Tore Supra tokamak, a dedicated modelling effort has been carried out to simulate the …

Abstract With WEST (Tungsten Environment in Steady State Tokamak)(Bucalossi et al 2014
Fusion Eng. Des. 89 907–12), the Tore Supra facility and team expertise (Dumont et al 2014 …

This paper reports the impact on confinement and power load of the high-shape 2.5 MA
ELMy H-mode scenario at JET of a change from all carbon plasma-facing components to an …

Component development for operation in a large-scale fusion device requires thorough
testing and qualification for the intended operational conditions. In particular environments …

The erosion of tungsten (W), induced by the bombardment of plasma and impurity particles,
determines the lifetime of plasma-facing components as well as impacting on plasma …