Progress of divertor simulation research toward the realization of detached plasma using a large tandem mirror device

Nakashima, Yosuke*; Takeda, Hisahito*; Ichimura, Kazuya*; Hosoi, Katsuhiro*; Oki, Kensuke*; Sakamoto, Mizuki*; Hirata, Mafumi*; Ichimura, Makoto*; Ikezoe, Ryuya*; Imai, Tsuyoshi*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 463, p.537 - 540, 2015/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.063

Meeting report; 18th Plasma Seminar for young researchers

Fukumoto, Masakatsu; Miyata, Yoshiaki; Tojo, Hiroshi

Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 91(5), P. 371, 2015/05

http://www.jspf.or.jp/Journal/PDF_JSPF/jspf2015_05/jspf2015_05-371.pdf

"18th Plasma Seminar for young researches" (by Department of Advanced Plasma Research, Sector of Fusion Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency) was held in Naka Fusion Institute, March 3rd through 6th of 2015. The objective of this seminar is that the young researchers in charge of the future fusion research expand their cross-sectoral network. This seminar was entitled "Crystallization of technology of plasma measurement and control" and we invited the lectures not just for fusion plasma but for technology of plasma measurement and control to study the technology of measurement and control of different fields from their fields. There were 8 invited lectures and 17 public lectures and young researchers had an animated discussion.

Development of divertor simulation research in the GAMMA 10/PDX tandem mirror

Nakashima, Yosuke*; Sakamoto, Mizuki*; Yoshikawa, Masayuki*; Oki, Kensuke*; Takeda, Hisahito*; Ichimura, Kazuya*; Hosoi, Katsuhiro*; Hirata, Mafumi*; Ichimura, Makoto*; Ikezoe, Ryuya*; et al.

Proceedings of 25th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2014) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2014/10

The Emission rates of CH, CD and C spectral bands and a re-evaluation of the chemical sputtering yield of the JT-60U carbon divertor plates

Nakano, Tomohide; Higashijima, Satoru; Kubo, Hirotaka; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Fukumoto, Masakatsu

Nuclear Fusion, 54(4), p.043004_1 - 043004_10, 2014/03

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/54/4/043004

We have determined the CH photon emission rate defined as the number of photons over dissociation and/or ionization event of , from the ratio of the measured emission intensity of CH spectral band to the injection rate into the divertor plasma of JT-60U. Similar photon emission rates of CD for , CH and for and have also been determined. Interestingly, during the and the injection, the spectral band intensity increases, suggesting that injected reacts with the carbon divertor plates to form heavier hydrocarbons. From the determined emission rates, previously published chemical sputtering yields, have been reevaluated. The reevaluated total chemical sputtering yield becomes lower () compared to the original () and the dependence on the incident ion flux and energy becomes weaker.

Development of Langmuir probes on divertor cassettes in JT-60SA

Fukumoto, Masakatsu; Sakurai, Shinji; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Itami, Kiyoshi

Plasma and Fusion Research (Internet), 8, p.1405153_1 - 1405153_10, 2013/11

https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.8.1405153

Langmuir probes installed in the lower divertor region under high heat flux have been developed and manufactured for JT-60SA. A probe electrode with a head having a rooftop shape is made of a carbon fiber composite and can withstand heat fluxes of up to 10 MW/m for 5 s and 1 MW/m for 100 s. This has been achieved by increasing the volume of the probe electrode that is not directly exposed to the plasma. To minimize the reduction of the heat removal performance of the divertor, the Langmuir probes are installed in toroidal gaps with widths of 10mm between the divertor cassettes, without embedding them in the divertor tiles. Aluminum oxide coatings have been applied to insulate the probe electrodes from the divertor cassettes and to limit the toroidal thickness to 8 mm. Brazing of the nickel connectors to the probe electrodes has reduced the toroidal thickness of the Langmuir probes. A minimum spatial resolution of 13.5mm has been achieved to the Langmuir probes installed on the inner and outer divertor targets.

Carbon transport and fuel retention in JT-60U with higher temperature operation based on postmortem analysis

Yoshida, Masafumi; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Adachi, Ayumu*; Hayashi, Takao; Nakano, Tomohide; Fukumoto, Masakatsu; Yagyu, Junichi; Miyo, Yasuhiko; Masaki, Kei; Itami, Kiyoshi

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 438, p.S1261 - S1265, 2013/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.280

Fuel retention rates and carbon re-deposition rates in the plasma shadowed areas in JT-60U were measured. Distributions of the fuel retention as well as the carbon re-deposition in the whole in-vessel of a large tokamak were clarified for the first time in the world. The fuel retention in the plasma shadowed areas was about two times larger than that in the carbon re-deposited layers on the plasma facing surface, although the amount of the carbon re-deposited on the plasma shadowed areas were about a half of that on the plasma facing surface, because of relatively lower temperature in the shadow areas causing higher hydrogen saturation concentration in the carbon re-deposited layers. The total fuel retention rate in JT-60U, including previously measured for all plasma facing areas, was evaluated to be 1.310 H+Ds, which was lower than that in other devices, due to probably to higher temperature operation in JT-60U.

Hydrogen isotopes retention in gaps at the JT-60U first wall tiles

Yoshida, Masafumi; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Hayashi, Takao; Nakano, Tomohide; Fukumoto, Masakatsu; Yagyu, Junichi; Miyo, Yasuhiko; Masaki, Kei; Itami, Kiyoshi

Fusion Science and Technology, 63(1T), p.367 - 370, 2013/05

https://doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16957

In this study, the retentions of hydrogen isotopes (H and D) in the gaps in JT-60U are clarified. Carbon tiles used in 1992-2004 were poloidally and toroidally taken out from outboard first wall in JT-60U to measure the retentions. The H and D retentions in the samples were measured by thermal desorption spectrometry (TDS). The H+D retention in the top side was higher than that of the bottom side, which might be due to thicker re-deposited carbon layers on the surface of the top side. The retentions in the surface of the side surfaces were slightly lower than that in the plasma facing surface where the retention was saturated to be 3-4e22 atoms/m. The retention rate was evaluated to be 3e17 H+D atoms/m/s from the measured retentions in two different discharge times by assuming the retention to increase linearly with the discharge time.

Deuterium retention in tungsten coating on the CFC tiles exposed to JT-60U divertor plasmas

Fukumoto, Masakatsu; Nakano, Tomohide; Masaki, Kei; Itami, Kiyoshi; Ueda, Yoshio*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*

Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES, Vol.9, p.369 - 374, 2010/08

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Localized tungsten deposition in divertor region in JT-60U

Ueda, Yoshio*; Fukumoto, Masakatsu*; Watanabe, Jun*; Otsuka, Yusuke*; Arai, Takashi; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Nobuta, Yuji*; Sato, Masayasu; Nakano, Tomohide; Yagyu, Junichi; et al.

Proceedings of 22nd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2008) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2008/10

http://www-naweb.iaea.org/napc/physics/FEC/FEC2008/html/node161.htm#37485

Deposition profiles of tungsten released from the outer divertor were studied in JT-60U. A neutron activation method was used for the first time to accurately measure deposited tungsten. Surface density of tungsten in the thick carbon deposition layer can be measured by this method. Tungsten was mainly deposited on the inner divertor (around inner strike points) and on the outer wing of the dome. Toroidal distribution of the W deposition was significantly localized near the tungsten released position, while other metallic impurities such as Fe, Cr, Ni were distributed more uniformly. These data indicate that inward drift in the divertor region played a significant role in tungsten transport in JT-60U.

Redeposition distribution of tungsten eroded from the tungsten coated divertor tiles in JT-60U

Fukumoto, Masakatsu*; Otsuka, Yusuke*; Ueda, Yoshio*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Sakasai, Akira; Masaki, Kei; Arai, Takashi; Yagyu, Junichi; Nobuta, Yuji; Kubo, Hirotaka; et al.

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no abstracts in English