High-temperature plasmas in a tokamak fusion test reactor

HCI Issues in Tokamak Fusion Plasmas

Thermonuclear fusion powers our universe and is a most promising option for electricity and hydrogen fuel generation within a future sustainable and environmentally benign energy scenario. We shortly describe the current status of magnetic fusion research on its way to the international tokamak experiment ITER, for which construction at the European site Cadarache (France) starts in the near fu...

Evolution of Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmode Instability in Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor

The nonlinear behavior of the Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmode (TAE) driven unstable by energetic ions in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) [Phys. Plasmas 1, 1560 (1994)] is studied. The evolution of instabilities can take on several scenarios: a single mode or several modes can be driven unstable at the same time, the spectrum can be steady or pulsating and there can be negligible or anomalous l...

PSFC/JA-99-13 Options for the Use of High Temperature Superconductor in Tokamak Fusion Reactor Designs

The application of high temperature superconductors in long term tokamak fusion reactors is analyzed in this paper. Properties of high temperature superconductors have been well documented that make them ideal for this application. Short-sample BSSCO wires and YBCO tapes approach their single-crystal performance limits. This provides a useful reference frame as well as a starting point of what ...

Modeling of neutral hydrogen velocities in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor

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