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Application and Continued Development of Thin Faraday Collectors as a Lost Ion Diagnostic for Tokamak Fusion Plasmas

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1038061· OSTI ID:1038061
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  1. Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
This report summarizes the accomplishment of sixteen years of work toward the development of thin foil Faraday collectors as a lost energetic ion diagnostic for high temperature magnetic confinement fusion plasmas. Following initial, proof of principle accelerator based studies, devices have been tested on TFTR, NSTX, ALCATOR, DIII-D, and JET (KA-1 and KA-2). The reference numbers refer to the attached list of publications. The JET diagnostic KA-2 continues in operation and hopefully will provide valuable diagnostic information during a possible d-t campaign on JET in the coming years. A thin Faraday foil spectrometer, by virtue of its radiation hardness, may likewise provide a solution to the very challenging problem of lost alpha particle measurements on ITER and other future burning plasma machines.
Research Organization:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-04ER54775
OSTI ID:
1038061
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER--54775-1; 11110
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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