Overview of JET results for optimising ITER operation

(JET Contributors) Mailloux, J.; Božičević Mihalić, Iva; Dunatov, Toni; Fazinić, Stjepko; Provatas, Georgios; Tadić, Tonči; Zychor, I. (2022) Overview of JET results for optimising ITER operation. Nuclear fusion, 62 (4). ISSN 0029-5515

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Abstract

The JET 2019-2020 scientific and technological programme exploited the results of years of concerted scientific and engineering work, including the ITER-like wall (ILW: Be wall and W divertor) installed in 2010, improved diagnostic capabilities now fully available, a major neutral beam injection upgrade providing record power in 2019-2020, and tested the technical and procedural preparation for safe operation with tritium. Research along three complementary axes yielded a wealth of new results. Firstly, the JET plasma programme delivered scenarios suitable for high fusion power and alpha particle (alpha) physics in the coming D-T campaign (DTE2), with record sustained neutron rates, as well as plasmas for clarifying the impact of isotope mass on plasma core, edge and plasma-wall interactions, and for ITER pre-fusion power operation. The efficacy of the newly installed shattered pellet injector for mitigating disruption forces and runaway electrons was demonstrated. Secondly, research on the consequences of long-term exposure to JET-ILW plasma was completed, with emphasis on wall damage and fuel retention, and with analyses of wall materials and dust particles that will help validate assumptions and codes for design and operation of ITER and DEMO. Thirdly, the nuclear technology programme aiming to deliver maximum technological return from operations in D, T and D-T benefited from the highest D-D neutron yield in years, securing results for validating radiation transport and activation codes, and nuclear data for ITER.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	overview ; D-T preparation ; tritium operations ; plasma facing components (PFC) ; nuclear technology ; JET with ITER-like wallisotope
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics
Divisions:	Division of Experimental Physics
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Provedba aktivnosti opisanih u Roadmap to Fusion tijekom Horizon 2020 kroz Zajednički program članova konzorcija EUROfusion Tadić, Tonči 633053 EK
Depositing User:	Stjepko Fazinić
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2023 07:32
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/8087
DOI:	10.1088/1741-4326/ac47b4

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