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(EX/D1-1) Steady State and Transient Power Handling in JET

G.F. Matthews¹⁾, JET EFDA Exhaust Physics Task Force²⁾, JET EFDA Contributors^2)
 
1) UKAEA / Euratom Fusion Association, Abingdon, United Kingdom
²⁾ See annex to J. Pamela et al, ``Overview of JET Results", Fusion Energy 2002 (Proc. 19th Int. Conf. Lyon, 2002), IAEA, Vienna.

Abstract.  Recent JET experiments and analysis have demonstrated the importance of edge collisionality for the physics of divertor power loading both during and between ELMs. Since collisionality decreases strongly with machine size, JET routinely operates in an ITER relevant regime which is difficult or impossible to access in smaller devices. This new understanding has enabled us to develop more physically justifiable scalings for static and transient power deposition in ITER and demonstrates a need for kinetic models when simulating edge behaviour in JET and ITER. Steady state power loading in ITER is likely to be within limits provided that the divertor plasma is kept in the high recycling or detached regime. Extrapolations of the typical type I ELMs found in JET to ITER highlight the importance of developing regimes characterised by small ELMs, if surface ablation is to be avoided. Disruptive power loads measured in the JET divertor appear far more benign than would be expected from current ITER assumptions.

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