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Max Planck’s ELISE reaches record values for ITER plasma heating
The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) announced that it recently has achieved a new record for ion current density for neutral particle heating at its ELISE (Extraction from a Large Ion Source Experiment) experimental testing facility in Garching, Germany. ELISE is being used to test neutral beam injection (NBI) systems that will be used to heat the plasma of the ITER fusion experiment in France.
W.K. Beck, H.D. Becker, M.M. Besen, D.A. Gwinn, D.B. Montgomery, N.T. Pierce, R.D. Pillsbury, J.H. Schultz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1536-1541
Magnet Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24951
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The Alcator C-Mod toroidal field (TF) magnets include several advanced magnet concepts that are planned or considered for a compact ignition tokamak experiment (C.I.T). Two concepts in particular, sliding joints and explosively-bonded composite plates, require a development program to assure feasibility and performance.