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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
Times Cited Count：19 Percentile：82.55(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Fukumoto, Masakatsu; Nakano, Tomohide; Ueda, Yoshio*; Itami, Kiyoshi; Kubo, Hirotaka
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 462, p.354 - 359, 2015/07
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：25.85(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Urano, Hajime; Nakata, Motoki; Aiba, Nobuyuki; Kubo, Hirotaka; Honda, Mitsuru; Hayashi, Nobuhiko; Yoshida, Maiko; Kamada, Yutaka; JT-60 Team
Nuclear Fusion, 55(3), p.033010_1 - 033010_9, 2015/03
Times Cited Count：40 Percentile：89.45(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)Physics picture of improving energy confinement with argon seeding at high density has been investigated in JT-60U. Better confinement is sustained at high density by argon seeding accompanied by higher core and pedestal temperatures. Peaked density profiles are kept with argon seeding. Density peaking and dilution effects lower the pedestal density at a given averaged density. The pedestal density in the argon seeded plasmas which is relatively lower than that in a single deuterium puff enables the pedestal temperature to be higher. The density peaking is a key factor of sustaining better confinement in argon seeded H-mode plasmas.
Kubo, Hirotaka
Genshiryoku, Ryoshi, Kakuyugo Jiten, 1, p.196 - 197, 2014/12
Explanation about impurity, radiation, and plasma spectroscopy in divertor/SOL plasmas is presented as an article of an introductory encyclopedia on atomic power, quantum and nuclear fusion. Impurity control using divertor/SOL plasmas is essential to improve performance of fusion plasmas and prevent erosion of plasma facing components. Spatial distribution, ionization, excitation, and radiation of impurity in divertor/SOL plasmas is determined by their production, transport, and atomic processes. Here, we describe radiation loss coefficients as a brief explanation of the radiation processes and impurity flux measurement as a simple example of the plasma spectroscopy.
Ikeda, Yoshitaka; Okano, Fuminori; Sakasai, Akira; Hanada, Masaya; Akino, Noboru; Ichige, Hisashi; Kaminaga, Atsushi; Kiyono, Kimihiro; Kubo, Hirotaka; Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; et al.
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai Wabun Rombunshi, 13(4), p.167 - 178, 2014/12
The JT-60U torus was disassembled so as to newly install the superconducting tokamak JT-60SA torus. The JT-60U used the deuterium for 18 years, so the disassembly project of the JT-60U was the first disassembly experience of a fusion device with radioactivation in Japan. All disassembly components were stored with recording the data such as dose rate, weight and kind of material, so as to apply the clearance level regulation in future. The lessons learned from the disassembly project indicated that the cutting technologies and storage management of disassembly components were the key factors to conduct the disassembly project in an efficient way. After completing the disassembly project, efforts have been made to analyze the data for characterizing disassembly activities, so as to contribute the estimation of manpower needs and the radioactivation of the disassembly components on other fusion devices.
Ikeda, Yoshitaka; Okano, Fuminori; Hanada, Masaya; Sakasai, Akira; Kubo, Hirotaka; Akino, Noboru; Chiba, Shinichi; Ichige, Hisashi; Kaminaga, Atsushi; Kiyono, Kimihiro; et al.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 89(9-10), p.2018 - 2023, 2014/10
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：16.44(Nuclear Science & Technology)Disassembly of the JT-60U torus was started in 2009 after 18-years D
operations, and was completed in October 2012. The JT-60U torus was featured by the complicated and welded structure against the strong electromagnetic force, and by the radioactivation due to D-D reactions. Since this work is the first experience of disassembling a large radioactive fusion device in Japan, careful disassembly activities have been made. About 13,000 components cut into pieces with measuring the dose rates were removed from the torus hall and stored safely in storage facilities by using a total wokers of 41,000 person-days during 3 years. The total weight of the disassembly components reached up to 5,400 tons. Most of the disassembly components will be treated as non-radioactive ones after the clearance verification under the Japanese regulation in future. The assembly of JT-60SA has started in January 2013 after this disassembly of JT-60U torus.
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
Sasao, Hajime; Arakawa, Hiroyuki*; Kubo, Hirotaka; Kawano, Yasunori; Itami, Kiyoshi
Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(8), p.086106_1 - 086106_3, 2014/08
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：11.24(Instruments & Instrumentation)Urano, Hajime; Nakata, Motoki; Aiba, Nobuyuki; Kubo, Hirotaka; Honda, Mitsuru; Yoshida, Maiko; Hayashi, Nobuhiko; Kamada, Yutaka; JT-60 Team
Europhysics Conference Abstracts (Internet), 38F, p.P4.018_1 - P4.018_4, 2014/06
This paper reports the analysis result of heat transport and pedestal structure in H-mode plasmas with and without argon seeding on JT-60U.
spectral bands and a re-evaluation of the chemical sputtering yield of the JT-60U carbon divertor platesNakano, Tomohide; Higashijima, Satoru; Kubo, Hirotaka; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Fukumoto, Masakatsu
Nuclear Fusion, 54(4), p.043004_1 - 043004_10, 2014/03
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：10.29(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)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.
Shibanuma, Kiyoshi; Arai, Takashi; Hasegawa, Koichi; Hoshi, Ryo; Kamiya, Koji; Kawashima, Hisato; Kubo, Hirotaka; Masaki, Kei; Saeki, Hisashi; Sakurai, Shinji; et al.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 88(6-8), p.705 - 710, 2013/10
Times Cited Count：10 Percentile：61.16(Nuclear Science & Technology)Nakano, Tomohide; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Kubo, Hirotaka; JT-60 Team
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 438, p.S291 - S296, 2013/07
Times Cited Count：20 Percentile：82.62(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)It is already concluded that neon injection is more effective than argon injection in order to enhance the radiative power from the divertor plasmas in JT-60U. In this study, we have investigated radiation processes of neon ions in low-temperature and high-density divertor plasmas with spectroscopic technique. It was observed that the emission intensities of Ne VII spectral lines became high during plasma detachment. A collisional-radiative model analysis with the intensity ratio of Ne VII emission lines gave an electron temperature of 100 eV and a radiative power of only 5% of total radiative power, measured with a bolometer. Because C IV emission intensity was low, it is probable that the radiative power of C IV was also low. Therefore, it is possible that neon and carbon ions at other charge states contribute much to the total radiative power from the divertor plasma.
Nishiyama, Tomokazu; Okano, Fuminori; Miyo, Yasuhiko; Kubo, Hirotaka; Miya, Naoyuki; Oikawa, Akira; Sasajima, Tadayuki; Sakasai, Akira
Heisei-22-Nendo Kumamoto Daigaku Sogo Gijutsu Kenkyukai Hokokushu (CD-ROM), 5 Pages, 2011/03
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8 and 14 keVYanagibayashi, Jun*; Nakano, Tomohide; Iwamae, Atsushi; Kubo, Hirotaka; Hasuo, Masahiro*; Itami, Kiyoshi
Journal of Physics B; Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 43(14), p.144013_1 - 144013_6, 2010/07
Times Cited Count：25 Percentile：72.94(Optics)We observe the vacuum ultraviolet spectra of highly charged tungsten ions in plasmas at electron temperatures of 8 keV and 14 keV. The observed emission lines in a wavelength range of 2.6 
3.2 nm for the plasma at 8 keV are identified to be the 
transitions of 
. The observed emission lines at 2.0 nm and 2.3 nm at 14 keV are identified to be the 
transitions of 
and 
transitions of 
, respectively.
Kojima, Atsushi; Kamiya, Kensaku; Fujita, Takaaki; Kubo, Hirotaka; Iguchi, Harukazu*; Oyama, Naoyuki; Suzuki, Takahiro; Kamada, Yutaka; JT-60 Team
Plasma and Fusion Research (Internet), 5, p.015_1 - 015_7, 2010/04
A lithium beam probe (LiBP) has been developed for the measurement of electron density profiles with high spatial and temporal resolutions in JT-60U. Using an electron beam heating ion source with a capability of 10 mA extraction, a 5.5 mA beam has been injected to the plasmas. Using the LiBP, time evolutions of pedestal density profiles during type I and grassy edge localized modes (ELMs) have been obtained for the first time. After a type I ELM crash, the drop of the line-integrated density measured by an interferometer delays by 2 ms later than that of the pedestal density. Comparing the line-integrated density to the line integration of the edge density profile measured by the LiBP, it is found that the recovery from the type I ELM crash is correlated with the reduction of core plasma density. Compared with the type I ELM, grassy ELMs have smaller density crashes than that of type I ELMs, which is mainly derived from the narrower ELM affected area.
Kamiya, Kensaku; Fujita, Takaaki; Kojima, Atsushi; Kubo, Hirotaka
Review of Scientific Instruments, 81(3), p.033502_1 - 033502_8, 2010/03
Times Cited Count：16 Percentile：57.43(Instruments & Instrumentation)Zeeman polarimetry system has been developed for the edge current density measurement in the JT-60U tokamak. The diagnostic has 20-ch viewing chords covering the plasma peripheral region with a spatial resolution of 1cm. Li-beam injection with beam current of up to 5mA has been achieved. The edge current density profile with the local peak at 
/
0.9 has been identified in the H-mode plasma, which is correlated with large pressure gradient in the pedestal region.
Nakano, Tomohide; Kubo, Hirotaka; Asakura, Nobuyuki
Journal of Physics B; Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 43(14), p.144014_1 - 144014_7, 2010/00
Times Cited Count：7 Percentile：36.56(Optics)The temporal evolutions of the electron temperature and density with ELM, determined from intensity ratios of the three He I lines measured at 20 kHz, start to increase 450 
s before the peak of 
intensity, which is an ELM indicator. At the peak of intensity, the electron temperature starts to decrease while the electron density starts to decrease in 300 s. The temporal evolution of the electron temperature is ascribed to heating by the ELM plasma and to energy loss for ionization of recycled neutrals, and that of the electron density is ascribed to electrons supplied in the ionization of the neutrals.
Kojima, Atsushi; Oyama, Naoyuki; Sakamoto, Yoshiteru; Kamada, Yutaka; Urano, Hajime; Kamiya, Kensaku; Fujita, Takaaki; Kubo, Hirotaka; Aiba, Nobuyuki; JT-60 Team
Nuclear Fusion, 49(11), p.115008_1 - 115008_8, 2009/11
Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：60.23(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)In order to understand the physics of the ELM trigger and determining the ELM size, the fast ELM dynamics of type I and grassy ELMs have been studied in JT-60U, using new fast diagnostics with high spatial and temporal resolutions. The evolution of the ion pressure profile in the pedestal region is evaluated for the first time by detailed edge profile measurements. Type I ELMs observed in co-rotating plasmas exhibited larger and wider ELM affected area than ctr-rotating plasmas. Just before type I ELM crash, the pedestal ion pressure and its maximum gradient in co-rotating plasmas are 20% and 12% higher than those in ctr-rotating plasmas, respectively. It is found that the radial extent of the ion pressure gradient at the pedestal region in co-rotating plasmas is 14% wider than that in ctr-rotating plasmas. The experimental results suggest that the ELM size is determined by the structure of the plasma pressure in the whole pedestal region.
Nakano, Tomohide; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Kubo, Hirotaka; Yanagibayashi, Jun*; Ueda, Yoshio*
Nuclear Fusion, 49(11), p.115024_1 - 115024_10, 2009/11
Times Cited Count：32 Percentile：74.99(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)It has been observed that with increasing toroidal rotation velocity inside the 
layer in the direction opposite to the plasma current, sawtooth activity becomes moderate and tungsten accumulation becomes significant. The tungsten accumulation level is significantly reduced from this trend in the case that electron cyclotron wave or high energy neutral beam is injected into the plasma core. In contrast, the tungsten accumulation is kept high by the electron cyclotron wave injection into the peripheral region.
Fujimoto, Kayoko; Nakano, Tomohide; Kubo, Hirotaka; Sawada, Keiji*; Takizuka, Tomonori; Kawashima, Hisato; Shimizu, Katsuhiro; Asakura, Nobuyuki
Plasma and Fusion Research (Internet), 4, p.025_1 - 025_7, 2009/08
The volume recombination in detached divertor plasmas is a key process to reduce the ion flux to the divertor plates. Two-dimensional measurement is one of the ways to investigate a spatial structure of the volume recombination. In this work, the deuterium Balmer-series lines from a detached divertor plasma were observed two-dimensionally with a spatial resolution of 1 cm and were reconstructed into two-dimensional emissivities with a tomography technique. The ratio of the D
to the D
emissivity was compared to that calculated by the collisional-radiative model. This ratio could not be explained only by the excitation of D by electron impact, indicating that the volume recombination contributed to the D emission. This is the case for the region above the inner strike point with 8 cm and 4 cm, respectively, in the r- and the z-direction on the poloidal cross-section.
