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Dust generation in tokamaks: Overview of beryllium and tungsten dust characterisation in JET with the ITER-like wall

Rubel, M.
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Widdowson, A.
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Grzonka, J.
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November 1, 2018
Fusion Engineering And Design

Operation of the JET tokamak with beryllium and tungsten ITER-like wall provides unique opportunity for detailed studies on dust generation: quantity, morphology, location, etc. The programme carried out in response to ITER needs for safety assessment comprises: (i) remotely controlled vacuum cleaning of the divertor; (ii) local sampling of loosely bound matter from plasma-facing components (PFC); (iii) collection of mobilized dust on various erosion-deposition probes located in the divertor and in the main chamber. Results of comprehensive analyses performed by a number of complementary techniques, e.g. a range of microscopy methods, electron and ion spectroscopy, liquid scintillography and thermal desorption, are summarized by following points: (a) Total amount of dust collected by vacuum cleaning after three campaigns is about 1-1.4 g per campaign (19.1-23.5 h plasma operation), i.e. over 100 times smaller than in JET operated with carbon walls (i.e. in JET-C). (b) Two major categories of Be dust are identified: flakes of co-deposits formed on PFC and droplets (2-10 mu m in diameter). Small quantifies, below 1 g, of Be droplets and splashes are associated mainly with melting of beryllium limiters. (c) Tungsten dust occurs mainly as partly molten flakes originating from the W-coated tiles.

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DOI
10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.03.027
Web of Science ID

WOS:000452583700110

Author(s)
Rubel, M.
Widdowson, A.
Grzonka, J.
Fortuna-Zalesna, E.
Moon, Sunwoo
Petersson, P.
Ashikawa, N.
Asakura, N.
Hamaguchi, D.
Hatano, Y.
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Date Issued

2018-11-01

Published in
Fusion Engineering And Design
Volume

136

Start page

579

End page

586

Subjects

Nuclear Science & Technology

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jet tokamak

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iter-like wall

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dust

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beryllium

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tungsten

Note

13th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT), Sep 25-29, 2017, Kyoto, JAPAN

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