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Transport of recycled deuterium to the plasma core in TFTR

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/304220· OSTI ID:304220
The authors report a study of the fueling of the plasma core by recycling in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR). They have analyzed discharges fueled by deuterium recycled from the limiter and tritium-only neutral beam injection. In these plasmas, the DT neutron rate provides a measure of the deuterium influx into the core plasma. They find a reduced influx with plasmas using lithium pellet conditioning and with plasmas of reduced major (and minor) radius. Modeling with the DEGAS neutrals code shows that the dependence on radius can be related to the penetration of neutrals through the scrape-off layer.
Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., Princeton Plasma Physics Lab., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
304220
Report Number(s):
PPPL--3271; ON: DE98050518
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English