Phys. Rev. Lett.
72,
3526–3529
(1994)
Fusion power production from TFTR plasmas fueled with deuterium and tritium
J. D. Strachan et al.
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J. D. Strachan, H. Adler, P. Alling, C. Ancher, H. Anderson, J. L. Anderson, D. Ashcroft, Cris W. Barnes, G. Barnes, S. Batha, M. G. Bell, R. Bell, M. Bitter, W. Blanchard, N. L. Bretz, R. Budny, C. E. Bush, R. Camp, M. Caorlin, S. Cauffman, Z. Chang, C. Z. Cheng, J. Collins, G. Coward, D. S. Darrow, J. DeLooper, H. Duong, L. Dudek, R. Durst, P. C. Efthimion, D. Ernst, R. Fisher, R. J. Fonck, E. Fredrickson, N. Fromm, G. Y. Fu, H. P. Furth, C. Gentile, N. Gorelenkov, B. Grek, L. R. Grisham, G. Hammett, G. R. Hanson, R. J. Hawryluk, W. Heidbrink, H. W. Herrmann, K. W. Hill, J. Hosea, H. Hsuan, A. Janos, D. L. Jassby, F. C. Jobes, D. W. Johnson, L. C. Johnson, J. Kamperschroer, H. Kugel, N. T. Lam, P. H. LaMarche, M. J. Loughlin, B. LeBlanc, M. Leonard, F. M. Levinton, J. Machuzak, D. K. Mansfield, A. Martin, E. Mazzucato, R. Majeski, E. Marmar, J. McChesney, B. McCormack, D. C. McCune, K. M. McGuire, G. McKee, D. M. Meade, S. S. Medley, D. R. Mikkelsen, D. Mueller, M. Murakami, A. Nagy, R. Nazikian, R. Newman, T. Nishitani, M. Norris, T. O’Connor, M. Oldaker, M. Osakabe, D. K. Owens, H. Park, W. Park, S. F. Paul, G. Pearson, E. Perry, M. Petrov, C. K. Phillips, S. Pitcher, A. T. Ramsey, D. A. Rasmussen, M. H. Redi, D. Roberts, J. Rogers, R. Rossmassler, A. L. Roquemore, E. Ruskov, S. A. Sabbagh, M. Sasao, G. Schilling, J. Schivell, G. L. Schmidt, S. D. Scott, R. Sissingh, C. H. Skinner, J. A. Snipes, J. Stevens, T. Stevenson, B. C. Stratton, E. Synakowski, W. Tang, G. Taylor, J. L. Terry, M. E. Thompson, M. Tuszewski, C. Vannoy, A. von Halle, S. von Goeler, D. Voorhees, R. T. Walters, R. Wieland, J. B. Wilgen, M. Williams, J. R. Wilson, K. L. Wong, G. A. Wurden, M. Yamada, K. M. Young, M. C. Zarnstorff, and S. J. Zweben
Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey 08543
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87745
Fusion Physics and Technology, Torrance, California 90501
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53701
General Atomics, San Diego, California 92101
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
TRINITI, Moscow, Russia
University of California, Irvine, California 92714
JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, United Kingdom
JAERI Naka Fusion Research Establishment, Naka, Japan
National Institute for Fusion Science, Nagoya, Japan
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Leningrad, Russia
Canadian Fusion Fuels Technology Project, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Columbia University, New York, New York 10027
Received 10 February 1994; published in the issue dated 30 May 1994
Peak fusion power production of 6.2±0.4 MW has been achieved in TFTR plasmas heated by deuterium and tritium neutral beams at a total power of 29.5 MW. These plasmas have an inferred central fusion alpha particle density of 1.2×1017 m-3 without the appearance of either disruptive magnetohydrodynamics events or detectable changes in Alfvén wave activity. The measured loss rate of energetic alpha particles agreed with the approximately 5% losses expected from alpha particles which are born on unconfined orbits.
© 1994 The American Physical Society
URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3526
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3526
PACS:
52.25.Fi, 28.52.Cx, 52.55.Pi
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