Abstract
An experiment has been carried out to study impurity generation processes on an inertial limiter on Tore Supra. It is part of a plan to assemble a more detailed integrated picture of impurity generation at the inner wall, the outboard and vertical pump limiters, and the heating and current drive antennas. A system has been implemented to permit quantitative measurement of impurity sources from the outboard limiter in Tore Supra. Data are presented for a representative case in which the limiter is isolated as much as possible from connection with other Tore Supra plasma-facing components. The data are compared with results from the Monte-Carlo SOL impurity transport code BBQ, in an attempt to identify the mechanism for impurity release. Evidence of chemical sputtering as an important impurity source is seen.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 521-525 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Nuclear Materials |
Volume | 220-222 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1995 |
Funding
* Research sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE), and carried out under contract DE-AC05-84OR21400 with Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., and under the International Collaboration agreement between the US DOE and the Association Euratom-CEA * * Supported by a fellowship from the Oak Ridge Association of Universities