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S. E. Attenberger, W. A. Houlberg, N. A. Uckan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 629-636
Design of an Engineering Test Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39768
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The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) design is intended to provide an engineering test of both ignited and current-driven operation. Both modes have been modeled using the WHIST transport code. Simulations indicate that tangential neutral beam injection inclined at a small angle to the horizontal midplane provides a means of controlling the heating and current drive profiles over a greater density range than near-normal injection, that a long current ramp of ≈100 s is needed to avoid skin currents during inductive startup, and that sawtooth activity is important in assessing volt-second consumption.