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[en] Research carried out by GA for the Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy provides key information and insight necessary for the development of fusion power systems. Highlights of the fusion theory effort described in this report include progress in numerical simulations of turbulent transport in tokamak plasmas, extension of novel theories of the H-mode, development and application of advanced codes for evaluating ECRF current drive efficiency, and new understanding and techniques for dealing with high beta tokamak equilibria. Experimental plasma research efforts are addresssing several important issues in fusion research. Neutron and alpha particle spectroscopy and triton confinement diagnostics are being developed to enable fusion researchers to understand alpha particle confinement and slowdown in burning plasmas. Development of Li beam diagnostic systems continued and has shown a capability for measuring both magnetic field pitch angle and relative current density profiles. Experiments on Ergodic Magnetic Divertor (EMD) phenomena on the Texas Experimental Tokamak (TEXT) continued to demonstrate low plasma edge temperatures and impurity reduction that make the concept attractive for reactor applications. GA led efforts continuing the Resonant Island Divertor (RID) experiments on TEXT using the EMD as a controlled magnetic perturbation. Research carried out in GA's Development and Technology programs included reactor systems design studies, and development of ferritic steels suitable for use as a structural material in fusion reactors. In the reactor systems design area, GA participated in the TITAN Reserved Field Pinch (RFP) Reactor Design Study. GA is responsible for project operation, safety design and analysis, and blanket shield neutronics calculations for this study
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Jan 1988; 89 p; Available from NTIS, PC A05/MF A01; 1 as DE88008406; Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products.
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ALPHA PARTICLES, ASPECT RATIO, COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE, CURRENT DENSITY, ECR HEATING, FERRITIC STEELS, FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION, HOT PLASMA, ION TEMPERATURE, LIMITERS, MAGNETIC FIELDS, PELLET INJECTION, PLASMA CONFINEMENT, PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS, POLARIMETERS, POLOIDAL FIELD DIVERTORS, PROGRESS REPORT, RESEARCH PROGRAMS, SIMULATION, TEARING INSTABILITY, TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS, TOKAMAK DEVICES
ALLOYS, CARBON ADDITIONS, CHARGED PARTICLES, CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES, CONFINEMENT, DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, DIVERTORS, EQUATIONS, HEATING, HELIUM IONS, HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING, INSTABILITY, IONIZING RADIATIONS, IONS, IRON ALLOYS, IRON BASE ALLOYS, PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, PLASMA, PLASMA HEATING, PLASMA INSTABILITY, PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES, RADIATIONS, STEELS, THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
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