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Plasma exhaust and divertor studies in Japan and Europe broader approach, DEMO design activity

Asakura, Nobuyuki
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Hoshino, Kazuo
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Utoh, Hiroyasu
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November 1, 2018
Fusion Engineering And Design

Power exhaust scenario and divertor design for a steady-state Japan (JA) DEMO and a pulse Europe (EU) DEMO1 have been investigated as one of the most important common issues in Broader Approach DEMO Design Activity. Radiative cooling is a common approach for the power exhaust scenario. For the JA DEMO, development of the divertor design appropriate for high P-sep/R-p similar to 30 MW m(-1) is required, while the radiation fraction in the main plasma (f(rad)(main) = P-rad(main)/P-heat) is ITER-level (0.40-0.45) and the exhaust power above the L- to H-mode power threshold (f(LH) = P-sep/P-th(LH)) is large margin (similar to 2). For the EU DEMO1, larger f(rad)(main) (=0.67) and smaller f(LH) (= 1.2) plasma is required, using higher-Z impurity seeding, in order to apply ITER-level divertor (P-sep/R-P = 17 MW m(-1)). ITER technology, i.e. water cooling with W-monoblock and Cu-alloy (CuCrZr) heat sink, is a baseline for JA and EU to handle the peak heat load of 10 MW m(-2)-level, and neutron flux and irradiation dose are comparable. For the JA DEMO, two different water-cooling pipes, i.e. CuCrZr and F82H steel, are proposed. For the EU DEMO1, the heat sink consists of all Cu-alloy pipe, and the divertor size is reduced with replacing the baffles by the breeding blankets. Choices of the heat sink components have been developed appropriate to the high irradiation dose condition. These JA and EU approaches of the power exhaust scenario will provide important case studies for the future decision of the DEMO divertor design.

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DOI
10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.04.104
Web of Science ID

WOS:000452575300069

Author(s)
Asakura, Nobuyuki
Hoshino, Kazuo
Utoh, Hiroyasu
Someya, Youji
Suzuki, Satoshi
Bachmann, Christian
Reimerdes, Holger  
Wenninger, Ronald
Kudo, Hironobu
Tokunaga, Shinsuke
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Date Issued

2018-11-01

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA

Published in
Fusion Engineering And Design
Volume

136

Start page

1214

End page

1220

Subjects

Nuclear Science & Technology

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broader approach demo design activity (ba dda)

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demo

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power exhaust

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impurity seeding

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divertor design

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water-coolong divertor

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power

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density

Note

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

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