Title: Magnetic Confinement Fusion—Experimental Physics: Tokamak
Abstract: The article reviews progress in tokamak experiments towards achieving the conditions necessary for a nuclear fusion reactor. The areas of energy and particle confinement, magnetohydrodynamic stability and exhaust of heat and particles are discussed separately. Then, it is discussed how these elements need to be combined in order to come to a viable tokamak operational scenario that can fulfill the requirements for a reactor. It is shown that substantial progress has been made in each individual area as well as in the combination of them. This progress, together with the concomitant theoretical understanding obtained through analyzing and interpreting the experimental results, has led to a solid physics basis for the design of the ITER tokamak. This device, currently under construction in France, has the goal of demonstrating dominantly self-heated tokamak discharges, as needed for a reactor.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-12-25
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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