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Title: Measurements of the production and transport of helium ash on the TFTR Tokamak

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/34429· OSTI ID:34429

Helium ash production and transport have been measured in TFTR deuterium-tritium plasmas using charge-exchange recombination spectroscopy. The helium ash confinement time, including recycling effects, is 6--10 times the energy confinement time and is compatible with sustained ignition in a reactor. The ash confinement time is dominated by edge pumping rates rather than core transport. The measured evolution of the local thermal ash density agrees with modeling, indicating that alpha particle slowing-down calculations used in the modeling are reasonable.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
34429
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3051; ON: DE95009387; TRN: 95:009739
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Mar 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English