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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 1 | January 2005 | Pages 175-178
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A633
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According to the recent low gas-puff experiments in Hanbit magnetic mirror device, the achievable ion temperature is limited largely by neutral content. For discharges with the low gas-puff with the pre-ionization technique, higher ion temperature is estimated compared to the high gas-puff case. Neutral transport and corresponding particle balance in this low gas-puff discharges in Hanbit are analyzed with the two dimensional Monte-Carlo simulation code coupled with a simple parallel plasma confinement formula. The radial ion temperature and power loss profiles are also derived. The global particle balance is between the plasma pumping and the recycling processes, hence the initially puffed amount of gas has negligible contribution to the total particle source.