Progress toward steady-state tokamak operation exploiting the high bootstrap current fraction regime

Ren, Q. L.; Garofalo, A. M.; Gong, X. Z.; Holcomb, C. T.; Lao, L. L.; McKee, G. R.; Meneghini, O.; Staebler, G. M.; Grierson, B. A.; Qian, J. P.; Solomon, W. M.; Turnbull, A. D.; Holland, C.; Guo, W. F.; Ding, S. Y.; Pan, C. K.; Xu, G. S.; Wan, B. N.

doi:10.1063/1.4948724

Title: Progress toward steady-state tokamak operation exploiting the high bootstrap current fraction regime

Journal Article · Mon Jun 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4948724· OSTI ID:1371748

^[1]; Garofalo, A. M. ^[2]; Gong, X. Z. ^[1]; Holcomb, C. T. ^[3];

^[2]; McKee, G. R. ^[4]; Meneghini, O. ^[2];

^[2]; Grierson, B. A. ^[5]; Qian, J. P. ^[1]; Solomon, W. M. ^[5];

^[2]; Holland, C. ^[6]; Guo, W. F. ^[1]; Ding, S. Y. ^[1]; Pan, C. K. ^[1]; Xu, G. S. ^[1];

^[1]

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Plasma Physics
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Engineering Physics
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Center for Energy Research

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Research Organization:: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Program of China

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54698; AC52-07NA27344; FG02-08ER54999; AC02-09CH11466; FG02-07ER54917; FG02-06ER54871

OSTI ID:: 1371748

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1258328; OSTI ID: 1769157

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-752087

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 6; ISSN 1070-664X

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Language:: English

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