Technical issues associated with the control of steady state tokamaks

Authors
Lister, JB Bruzzone, PL Costley, AE Fukuda, T Gribov, Y Mertens, V Moreau, D Oikawa, T Pitts, RA Portone, A Vayakis, G Wesley, J Yoshino, R
Citation
Jb. Lister et al., Technical issues associated with the control of steady state tokamaks, NUCL FUSION, 40(6), 2000, pp. 1167-1181
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR FUSION
ISSN journal
00295515 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1167 - 1181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5515(200006)40:6<1167:TIAWTC>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Plasma control concepts are introduced which are likely to change when goin g from a 500-1000 s tokamak pulse to the discharges in a steady state tokam ak, whose more economical design relies on the reduced number of thermal an d mechanical stress duty cycles.