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2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1285-1290
Author(s):  
D. V. Portnov ◽  
Yu. G. Vysokikh ◽  
Yu. A. Kashchuk ◽  
R. N. Rodionov

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1245-1260
Author(s):  
A. V. Vertkov ◽  
M. Yu. Zharkov ◽  
I. E. Lyublinskii ◽  
V. A. Safronov

Abstract When developing the stationary fusion reactor, an unresolved issue is the design of its intra-chamber plasma-facing elements. It has now become obvious that among the materials conventionally used for intra-chamber elements, there are no solid structural materials that would meet the requirements for the long-term operation under the effect of the flux of fusion neutrons (14 MeV) with a density of ~1014 cm–2 s–1 and the heat flux with a power density of 10–20 MW/m2. An alternative solution to this problem is the use of liquid metals as a plasma-facing materials, and, first of all, the use of lithium, which has a low atomic number (low charge number Z). Other easily-melting metals are also considered, which have higher Z number, but lower saturation vapor pressure than lithium. This will make it possible to create the long-lived, heavy-to-damage and self-renewing surface of the intra-chamber elements, which will not contaminate the plasma. The main ideas of the alternative concept of the intra-chamber elements can be formulated based on the comprehensive analysis of the problems and requirements arising during the development of intra-chamber elements of the stationary reactor, for example, the DEMO-type reactor. The article presents the analysis of the possible design of the lithium-coated intra-chamber elements and discusses the main ideas of the lithium first wall concept for the tokamak with reactor technologies.


2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1188-1203
Author(s):  
E. N. Bondarchuk ◽  
A. A. Voronova ◽  
S. A. Grigoryev ◽  
E. R. Zapretilina ◽  
A. A. Kavin ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1267-1284
Author(s):  
D. A. Karpov ◽  
A. G. Ivanov ◽  
A. I. Livshits ◽  
A. N. Dranichnikov
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2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1261-1266
Author(s):  
D. A. Antropov ◽  
A. V. Bondar ◽  
I. V. Kedrov ◽  
E. G. Kuzmin ◽  
T. A. Marchenko
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2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1177-1187
Author(s):  
E. N. Bondarchuk ◽  
A. A. Kavin ◽  
A. B. Mineev ◽  
S. V. Konovalov ◽  
V. E. Lukash ◽  
...  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1204-1219
Author(s):  
V. E. Sytnikov ◽  
S. A. Lelekhov ◽  
A. V. Krasilnikov ◽  
V. V. Zubko ◽  
S. S. Fetisov ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1238-1244
Author(s):  
A. S. Kukushkin ◽  
A. A. Pshenov

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1220-1237
Author(s):  
I. V. Mazul ◽  
R. N. Giniyatulin ◽  
A. A. Kavin ◽  
N. V. Litunovskii ◽  
A. N. Makhankov ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (11) ◽  
pp. 1119-1127
Author(s):  
S. Yu. Medvedev ◽  
A. A. Martynov ◽  
S. V. Konovalov ◽  
V. M. Leonov ◽  
V. E. Lukash ◽  
...  

Abstract Studying stationary regimes with high plasma confinement in a tokamak with reactor technologies (TRT) [1] involves calculating the plasma stability taking into account the influence of the current density profiles and pressure gradient in the pedestal near the boundary. At the same time, the operating limits should be determined by the parameters of the pedestal, which, in particular, are set by the stability limit of the peeling–ballooning modes that trigger the peripheral disruption of edge localized modes (ELM). Using simulation of the quasi-equilibrium evolution of the plasma by the ASTRA and DINA codes, as well as a simulator of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes localized at the boundary of the plasma torus based on the KINX code, stability calculations are performed for different plasma scenarios in the TRT with varying plasma density and temperature profiles, as well as the corresponding bootstrap current density in the pedestal region. At the same time, experimental scalings for the width of the pedestal are used. The obtained pressure values are below the limits for an ITER-like plasma due to the lower triangularity and higher aspect ratio of TRT plasma. For the same reason, the reversal of magnetic field shear in the pedestal occurs at a lower current density, which causes the instability of modes with low toroidal wave numbers and reduces the effect of diamagnetic stabilization.


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