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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.
Ralph Dux
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | November 2003 | Pages 708-715
Technical Paper | ASDEX Upgrade | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A409
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In the core of a burning fusion plasma, the contamination by impurities has to be kept below a critical level. Understanding and control of impurity transport and accumulation are thus an essential issue. Impurity injection experiments have been performed to determine the impurity transport coefficients in the core and in the steep gradient region of H-mode plasmas. The measurements in the edge were edge-localized-mode resolved, and in the center, sawtooth-resolved transport coefficients were obtained for several species covering a wide range of ion charges. Comparison of the experimental values with impurity transport simulations revealed the contribution of anomalous and neoclassical transport in the different parts of the plasma. Discharge scenarios, which show impurity accumulation, were identified and control schemes were demonstrated.