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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
D. P. Stotler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 2 | September 1992 | Pages 199-207
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30103
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Previously developed procedures that simulate the radiatively induced tokamak density limit are used to examine the scaling of the density limit in more detail. The maximum allowable density increases with auxiliary power and decreases with impurity concentration. However, there is little dependence of the density limit on plasma elongation. These trends are consistent with experimental results. Previous work used coronal equilibrium impurities; the primary result was that the maximum density increases with current when peaked profiles are assumed. Here, this behavior is shown to occur with a coronal nonequilibrium impurity as well.