Attainment of reactor level volume-averaged toroidal beta in doublet III

Abstract

Using a neutral-beam injection power of 3.4 M W, volume-averaged toroidal betas of up to ⟨βT⟩ = 4.5% have been obtained in low-toroidal-field, low-qψ, vertically elongated discharges in the Doublet III tokamak. This level of ⟨βT⟩ is above the minimum level required for a tokamak reactor, thus demonstrating that reactor level values of ⟨βT⟩ are possible in a tokamak device. The observed enhancement of ⟨βT⟩ with vertical elongation lends confidence in the design of future devices which rely on vertical elongation.