Published June 2009 | Version v1
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Progress in design and integration of the ITER Electron Cyclotron H and CD system

Creators

  • 1. ITER Organization, 13108 St Paul lez Durance (France)
  • 2. Fusion for Energy, C/ Josep Pla 2, Torres Diagonal Litoral-B3, E-08019 Barcelona (Spain)
  • 3. US ITER Project Office, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1055 Commerce Park, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6483 (United States)
  • 4. Association EURATOM-Confederation Suisse, EPFL Ecublens, CH-1015 Lausanne (Switzerland)
  • 5. Institute of Applied Physics Russian Academy of Sciences, 46 Ulyanov Street, Nizhny Novgorod 603950 (Russian Federation)
  • 6. Association EURATOM-FZK, IFM I, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 7. Association EURATOM-FZK, IHM, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  • 8. Institute for Plasma Research, Near Indira Bridge, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428 (India)
  • 9. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)801-1 Mukoyama, Naka-shi, Ibaraki 311-0193 (Japan)
  • 10. Universitaet Karlsruhe, IHE, Karlsruhe (Germany)

Description

The Electron Cyclotron system for ITER is an in-kind procurement shared between five parties and the total installed power will be 24 MW, corresponding to a nominal injected power of 20 MW to the plasma, with a possible upgrade up to 48 MW (corresponding to 40 MW injected). Some critical issues have been raised and changes are proposed to simplify these procurements and to facilitate the integration into ITER. The progress in the design and the integration of the EC system into the whole project is presented in this paper, as well as some issues still under studies and some recommendations made by external expert committees.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2009.02.007

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.fusengdes.2009.02.007;
PII
S0920-3796(09)00129-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Fusion Engineering and Design
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
2-6
Journal Page Range
p. 651-655
ISSN
0920-3796
CODEN
FEDEEE

Conference

Title
25. symposium on fusion technology
Acronym
SOFT-25
Dates
15-19 Sep 2008
Place
Rostock (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41031198
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DESIGN; ECR CURRENT DRIVE; ECR HEATING; ITER TOKAMAK; RECOMMENDATIONS
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; HEATING; HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING; NON-INDUCTIVE CURRENT DRIVE; PLASMA HEATING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.