Author/Authors :
Anderson، نويسنده , , J.L and Gentile، نويسنده , , C and Kalish، نويسنده , , M and Kamperschroer، نويسنده , , J and Kozub، نويسنده , , T and Lamarche، نويسنده , , P and Murray، نويسنده , , H and Nagy، نويسنده , , A and Raftopoulos، نويسنده , , S and Rossmassler، نويسنده , , Johan E. and Sissingh، نويسنده , , R and Swanson، نويسنده , , J and Tulipano، نويسنده , , F and Viola، نويسنده , , M and Voorhees، نويسنده , , D and Walters، نويسنده , , R.T، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The high power D-T experiments on the tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory commenced in November 1993. During initial operation of the tritium systems a number of start-up problems surfaced and had to be corrected. These were corrected through a series of system modifications and upgrades and by repair of failed or inadequate components. Even as these operational concerns were being addressed, the tritium systems continued to support D-T operations on the tokamak. During the first six months of D-T operations more than 107 kCi of tritium were processed successfully by the tritium systems. D-T experiments conducted at TFTR during this period provided significant new data. Fusion power in excess of 9 MW was achieved in May 1994. This paper describes some of the early start-up issues, and reports on the operation of the tritium system and the tritium tracking and accounting system during the early phase of TFTR D-T experiments.
