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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.
N. Umeda, N. Akino, N. Ebisawa, L. Grisham, S. Hikita, A. Honda, T. Itoh, M. Kawai, M. Kazawa, M. Kusaka, N. Kusanagi, M. Kuriyama, P. Lee, K. Mogaki, T. Ohga, H. Oohara, F. Satoh, H. Seki, N. Seki, Y. Tanai, R. Toyokawa, K. Usui, H. Yamazaki
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 1135-1139
Plasma Engineering, Heating, and Current Drive | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963398
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Development for enhancing the beam characteristics in the N-NBI system for JT-60U has been continued since 1996. In order to increase beam power and duration time, a few countermeasures for improvement of source plasma non-uniformity have been tried The first is changing arc current limiting resistors for changing arc current distribution, the second is regulating filament temperature for altering arc discharge mode, the third is optimizing a magnetic barrier in arc chamber, and the fourth is blocking the beam acceleration at a strongly non-uniform source plasma area by masking both upper and lower edge of plasma grid All of these countermeasures have been confirmed to be effective.