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Wendelstein 7-X designing 2-MW gyrotrons to upgrade heating system
The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) announced yesterday that it is developing 2-MW gyrotrons to be used as the main plasma heating system of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X).
W7-X, located at IPP, is currently the largest superconducting stellarator facility in the world. The project conducts research aimed at filling key knowledge and technology gaps for developing a stellarator-based power plant.
I. Takagi, Y. Ueyama, T. Komura, M. Akiyoshi, T. Sasaki, K. Moritani, H. Moriyama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1523-1526
Interaction with Materials | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12722
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Type 304 stainless steel samples were irradiated with MeV-energy H and He ions and deuterium concentrations were in-situ observed by a nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) under a condition of continuous plasma exposure. It was found that one type of trap was produced by the irradiation and its trapping energy was 0.28 eV. The trap production rates to displacement were 6.8x10-3 for He ion and 5.1x10-4 for H ion, respectively. The trap was annihilated at 489 K in H-irradiated sample.