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(FTP/12) Design Optimization of JT-60SU for Steady-State Advanced Operation

K. Ushigusa, G. Kurita, N. Toyoshima, K. Nagashima, Y. Neyatani, N. Miya, S. Ishiyama, M. Kikuchi, A. Isayama, S. Ishida, H. Shirai, M. Kuriyama, T. Itoh, T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikeda, T. Imai, K. Hamamatsu, K. Tobita, M. Matsukawa, H. Kubo, S. Nakagawa, K. Mori, T. Kitai, S. Oguri, M. Otsuka1, K. Nakashima2, S. Nakagawa3, R. Stambaugh4, D. L. Sevier4, M. Nagami, H. Ninomiya, M. Azumi, H. Kishimoto

Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka Fusion Research Establishment Naka-machi, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 311-0193 Japan
1 Hitachi limited, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki-ken Japan
2 Mitsubishi Fusion Center, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
3 Toshiba Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
4 General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA

Abstract.  Design optimization of JT-60SU has been done for a steady-state advanced operation. A transport code simulation indicates that a fully non-inductive reversed shear plasmas with fractions of 70% of the bootstrap current and  30% of beam driven current can be sustained for more than 1,000s without any additional control. Investigations have been progressed on MHD stability, vertical positional stability and dynamics of the vertical displacement events. Significant progress has been achieved in the R&D of Nb3Al superconducting wires, low induced activation material (Fe-Cr-Mn steel). A design improvement has been made in TF coils to reduce a local stress on radial disk. Dynamic behaviors of the tokamak machine have been analyzed at emergency events such as an earthquake.

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