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Performance and development of the DIII-D tokamak core

Creators

  • 1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  • 2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)

Description

The DIII-D tokamak is an upgrade of the Doublet III configuration which has operated since early 1986. This paper presents recent advances in performance using the upper divertor, fabrication development for vanadium components, operation of the helium leak checking in a high deuterium background, and restoration of the damaged Ohmic heating solenoid

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
GA-A--22884

Conference

Title
20. symposium on fusion technology (SOFT '98)
Dates
7-11 Sep 1998
Place
Marseille (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30009258
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BAFFLES; CRYOPUMPS; DIVERTORS; DOUBLET-3 DEVICE; JOULE HEATING; LEAK TESTING; MODIFICATIONS; OPERATION; PERFORMANCE; SOLENOIDS; VANADIUM BASE ALLOYS
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FLOW REGULATORS; HEATING; PUMPS; TESTING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; VACUUM PUMPS; VANADIUM ALLOYS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC03-89ER51114; W-7405-ENG-48
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
Secondary number(s)
CONF-980922--