Overview of ITER-FEAT - The future international burning plasma experiment

The focus of effort in ITER EDA since 1998 has been on the development of a new design to meet revised technical objectives and a cost reduction target of about 50% of the previously accepted cost estimate. Drawing on the design solutions already developed, and using the latest physics results and o...

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Published in:Nuclear fusion 2001-10, Vol.41 (10), p.1301-1310
Main Authors: Aymar, R, Chuyanov, V.A, Huguet, M, Shimomura, Y, Team, ITER Joint Central, Teams, ITER Home
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Controled nuclear fusion plants
Database systems
Energy
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Exact sciences and technology
Experimental reactors
Fusion reactions
Fusion reactors
Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy
Magnetic confinement and equilibrium
Nuclear energy
Physics
Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
Physics of plasmas and electric discharges
Plasma applications
Tokamaks
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Summary:The focus of effort in ITER EDA since 1998 has been on the development of a new design to meet revised technical objectives and a cost reduction target of about 50% of the previously accepted cost estimate. Drawing on the design solutions already developed, and using the latest physics results and outputs from technology R&D projects, the Joint Central Team and Home Teams, working together, have been able to progress towards a new design which will allow the exploration of a range of burning plasma conditions, with a capacity to progress towards possible modes of steady state operation. The new ITER design, whilst having reduced technical objectives from those of its predecessor, will nonetheless meet the programmatic objective of providing an integrated demonstration of the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy. The main features of the current design and of its projected performance are introduced and the outlook for construction and operation is summarized.
ISSN:0029-5515
1741-4326
DOI:10.1088/0029-5515/41/10/301