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M. A. Malik, K. Indireshkumar, John Mandrekas, W. M. Stacey, Jr., T. W. Ogden
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 13 | Number 3 | March 1988 | Pages 432-437
Technical Paper | Alpha-Particle Workshop / Alpha Workshop | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25120
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Impurity flow reversal based on coinjected neutral beams and on electron cyclotron resonance heating are considered as possible mechanisms for alpha ash removal from tokamak reactors. Both formalisms are applied to the TIBER-II parameters and preliminary results are reported.
