Ion and neutron beam analyses of hydrogen isotopes

Kubota, Naoyoshi; Ochiai, Kentaro; Kutsukake, Chuzo; Kondo, Keitaro*; Shu, Wataru; Nishi, Masataka; Nishitani, Takeo

Fusion Engineering and Design, 81(1-7), p.227 - 231, 2006/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.09.022

Hydrogen isotopes play important roles in the fuel recycling, the plasma condition etc. at the surface region of plasma facing components. The Fusion Neutronics Source (FNS) of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute has started microanalysis studies for fusion components since 2002 by applying the beam analyses. In this study, we have measured tritium depth profiles of TFTR tiles exposed to the deuterium-tritium plasma to reveal the hydrogen isotope behavior at the surface region using some microscopic techniques for material analyses at FNS. As the result of the deuteron nuclear reaction analysis, four kinds of elements; deuterium, tritium, lithium-6 and lithium-7, were identified from the energy spectra. Using the spectra, depth profiles of each element were also calculated. The tritium profile had a peak at 0.5 micron, whereas the deuterium and lithium profiles were uniform from the surface to 1.0 micron depth. In addition, the surface region of the TFTR tile has retained the tritium more than one order of magnitude in the bulk.

ITER relevant high heat flux testing on plasma facing surfaces

Hirai, Takeshi*; Ezato, Koichiro; Majerus, P.*

Materials Transactions, 46(3), p.412 - 424, 2005/03

https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.46.412

no abstracts in English

Overview on materials R&D activities in Japan towards ITER construction and operation

Takatsu, Hideyuki; Sato, Kazuyoshi; Hamada, Kazuya; Nakahira, Masataka; Suzuki, Satoshi; Nakajima, Hideo; Kuroda, Toshimasa*; Nishitani, Takeo; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Shu, Wataru

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 329-333(1), p.178 - 182, 2004/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2004.04.340

This paper presents an overview on ITER-supporting materials research and development activities and major achievements in Japan during the period from the Co-ordinated Technical Activities to date. In view of the completed engineering design of ITER during the Engineering Design Activities period, research and development efforts since then have been focused: those for reduction of component fabrication cost; those in support of domestic preparations of a structural technical code for construction; those necessary for operation, and been extended to component-level testing rather than pure material testing. They cover materials Research and Development for in-vessel components, vacuum vessel, cryogenic steels of superconducting mgnet and diagnostics components. Major achievements in each research and development area are highlighted and their impact or implication to the design, construction and operation of ITER is presented.

Revised version of tokamak transient simulation code SAFALY, 2

Senda, Ikuo*; Fujieda, Hirobumi; Neyatani, Yuzuru; Tada, Eisuke; Shoji, Teruaki

JAERI-Data/Code 2003-012, 73 Pages, 2003/07

JAERI-Data-Code-2003-012.pdf:3.45MB

The tokamak transient simulation code, named SAFALY, was revised recently and the sensitivity analyses on the parameters in the code were carried out. This report is composed of two volumes. The formulation and the parameters in modeling the plasma and in-vessel components are described in the first volume. In this second volume, the results of the sensitivity studies are reported. The sensitivity studies were performed in two steps. In the first step, the responses of plasmas in the occurrence of plasma disturbances were analyzed for various initial conditions. For each disturbance, the initial condition of the plasma, which gave the largest increase of the fusion power, was identified. In the second step, by using initial conditions derived in the first step, the sensitivities of plasma reactions with respect to variation of the parameters in SAFALY code were analyzed. In the analyses, the increase of the fueling, the increase of the plasma confinement improvement factor and the increase of the auxiliary heating power were considered as plasma disturbances.

Revised version of tokamak transient simulation code SAFALY, 1

Senda, Ikuo*; Fujieda, Hirobumi; Neyatani, Yuzuru; Tada, Eisuke; Shoji, Teruaki

JAERI-Data/Code 2003-008, 37 Pages, 2003/06

JAERI-Data-Code-2003-008.pdf:1.58MB

Tokamak transient simulation code, named SAFALY, was revised. SAFALY code has been developed to simulate transient events in Tokamaks. Modeling of the plasma and algorithms of the simulation were revised. The code was also modified to deal with the variation of the plasma current. The code was improved to allow flexible modeling of in-vessel components. The data transfer between SAFALY and related codes was arranged to prepare data required in analyses with SAFALY, such as the distributions of heat/neutron loads and the radiation form factor between in-vessel components. The report is composed of two volumes. The formulation and the parameters in modeling plasma and in-vessel components are described in this first volume. Examples of simulation results, using the design of ITER-FDR in 2001, are presented and general properties of plasmas' responses with respect to perturbations are discussed. The results of the sensitivity studies with respect to simulation parameters and initial conditions will be reported in the second volume.

High heat flux component of ITER

; Akiba, Masato

Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 73(6), p.581 - 587, 1997/06

https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110003826876

no abstracts in English

Heat transfer characteristics of rectangular coolant channels with various aspect ratios in the plasma-facing components under fully developed MHD laminar flow

Takase, Kazuyuki; M.Z.Hasan*

16th IEEE/NPSS Symp. on Fusion Engineering (SOFE '95), 2, p.1538 - 1541, 1995/00

no abstracts in English

Runaway electron effects

H.-W.Bartels*; Kunugi, Tomoaki; A.J.Russo*

Atomic and Plasma-Material Interaction Data for Fusion, Vol. 5, 0, p.225 - 244, 1994/00

no abstracts in English

Effects of runaway electrons on plasma facing components

Kunugi, Tomoaki

Fusion Engineering and Design, 23, p.329 - 339, 1993/00

https://doi.org/10.1016/0920-3796(94)90017-5

no abstracts in English

Thermal response of bonded CFC/OFHC divertor mock-ups for Fusion Experimental Reactors under large numbers of cyclic high heat loads

Araki, Masanori; Akiba, Masato; Dairaku, Masayuki; *; Ise, Hideo*; Seki, Masahiro; ;

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 29(9), p.901 - 908, 1992/09

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.29.901

no abstracts in English