Published September 1995 | Version v1
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The start spherical tokamak

  • 1. Euratom-UKAEA fusion Association, Abingdon, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom). UKAEA Government Div., Fusion, Culham Lab.

Description

Methods of plasma formation at low aspect ratio are described, and it is shown that the problems of plasma induction (due to the limited space for a central solenoid) can be overcome. Improvements have recently been made to the START experiment, and the operating region of START plasmas has been considerably extended, with all low aspect ratio plasmas remaining immune to the current terminating major disruption. Novel features of spherical tokamak plasmas, such as high plasma elongation (up to four) and the natural exhaust, are reported. (author). 7 refs, 4 figs

Part of:
Plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research 1994. V. 1. Proceedings of the fifteenth international conference

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
IAEA.
Imprint Place
Vienna (Austria)
ISBN
92-0-102295-6
Imprint Title
Plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research 1994. V. 1. Proceedings of the fifteenth international conference
Imprint Pagination
809 p.
Series
Proceedings Series.
Journal Page Range
p. 719-724.
ISSN
0074-1884

Conference

Title
15. international conference on plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research.
Dates
26 Sep - 1 Oct 1994.
Place
Seville (Spain).

INIS

Country of Publication
Austria
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
27018169
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CONFINEMENT TIME; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELONGATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA PRODUCTION; START TOKAMAK; START-UP
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONFINEMENT; CURRENTS; DATA; DEFORMATION; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
IAEA-CN--60/A5-11.