The TFTR DT experiments
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton, NJ (United States)
The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) was designed to study controlled deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion and develop an understanding of the fusion process in a hot, magnetically confined, low density reactor-like plasma. The DT fusion studies began in December, 1993 with the use of an approximately 50/50 mix of deuterium and tritium to produce a world record controlled fusion power of 6.2 MW. Since that time, fusion power output of up to 9 MW has been achieved and operation above 7 MW is routinely obtained. The TFTR experimental program encompasses a wide range of topics, including: maximizing fusion power production, isotope scaling of energy confinement time, plasma heating by fusion produced alpha particles, transport and confinement of fusion produced alpha particles, investigation of collective instabilities driven by fusion alpha particles, ICRF heating in DT plasmas, interaction of alpha particles with various ICRF heating schemes, DT studies in the enhanced confinement regimes accessible on TFTR, and particle transport and recycling in DT plasmas. This list is not exhaustive and many additional studies and experiments are in progress. This talk will begin with a short review of the tokamak fusion reactor concept and an overview of TFTR. Recent TFTR DT experiments and results will be described.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 199515
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941129--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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