Enhanced performance of deuterium-tritium-fueled supershots using extensive lithium conditioning in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor

D. K. Mansfield, J. D. Strachan, M. G. Bell, S. D. Scott, R. Budny, E. S. Marmar, J. A. Snipes, J. L. Terry, S. Batha, R. E. Bell, M. Bitter, C. E. Bush, Z. Chang, D. S. Darrow, D. Ernst, E. Fredrickson, B. Grek, H. W. Herrmann, K. W. Hill, A. JanosD. L. Jassby, F. C. Jobes, D. W. Johnson, L. C. Johnson, F. W. Levinton, D. R. Mikkelsen, D. Mueller, D. K. Owens, H. Park, A. T. Ramsey, A. L. Roquemore, C. H. Skinner, T. Stevenson, B. C. Stratton, E. Synakowski, G. Taylor, A. Von Halle, S. Von Goeler, K. L. Wong, S. J. Zweben

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Abstract

In the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) [K. M. McGuire et al, Phys, Plasmas 2, 2176 (1995)] a substantial improvement in fusion performance has been realized by combining the enhanced confinement due to tritium fueling with the enhanced confinement due to extensive conditioning of the limiter with lithium. This combination has resulted in not only significantly higher global energy confinement times than have previously been obtained in high current supershots, but also in the highest central ratio of thermonuclear fusion output power to input power observed to date.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4252-4256
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume2
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

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