Analysis of plasma position control for DEMO reactor

Takase, Haruhiko; Uto, Hiroyasu; Sakamoto, Yoshiteru; Mori, Kazuo; Kudo, Tatsuya; Tobita, Kenji

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Pre-conceptual design of DEMO reactor has been preceded under collaboration Japan and Europe (Broader Approach activities (BA)). In the case of DEMO reactor, it is important for design of plasma position control to take into account the actual shape of vacuum vessel and in-vessel components precisely since the design condition of DEMO reactor is different from current tokamak devices and ITER (for example, installation of maintenance ports). To consider the DEMO design condition, the numerical simulation that consists of three modules has been developed. As results, (1) The time constants of eddy current in the breeding blankets are less than 10ms and there is no influence to passive stabilization effect. (2) The stabilization effect of conducting components decreases by considering installation of vertical maintenance port. The adoption of vertical port is related to the choice of the maintenance scenario.