Title :
Recent progress of JT-60U experiments
Author_Institution :
Naka Fusion Res. Establ., JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
30 Sep-5 Oct 1995
Abstract :
Progress of JT-60U experiments during last two years are summarized in this paper. After the achievement of world record in fusion triple product, experiments are shifted to the extension of operating regimes such as high performance quasi steady-state ELM´y H-mode, high performance full CD with a large bootstrap fraction, high βN operation, high triangularity and the reverse shear operations. We also accumulated a database for understanding ELM behaviour to solve our present difficulty to demonstrate high performance plasma at high (edge) density regime to achieve cold and dense radiative divertor plasma with enhanced confinement. We also demonstrated an effective He ash exhaust in the ELM´y H-mode which is a critical physics R&D issue for ITER. Extensive studies of various disruptions were made and effective methods to avoid disruption were proposed
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; plasma instability; ELM behaviour; ITER; JT-60U experiments; cold radiative divertor plasma; dense radiative divertor plasma; disruptions; effective He ash exhaust; enhanced confinement; fusion triple product; high βN operation; high edge density regime; high performance full CD; high performance plasma; high performance quasi steady-state ELM´y H-mode; high triangularity; large bootstrap fraction; operating regimes; reverse shear operations; Ash; Databases; Helium; Physics; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma temperature; Research and development; Steady-state; Tokamaks;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1995. SOFE '95. Seeking a New Energy Era., 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
Champaign, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2969-4
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1995.534266