Use of impurity pellets to control energy dissipation during disruption

G. Pautasso, K. Büchl, C. Fuchs, O. Gruber, A. Herrmann, K. Lackner, P. T. Lang, K. F. Mast, M. H. Ulrich, H. Zohm

Nuclear Fusion · 1996 · 52 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

Injection of impurity pellets has been shown to be a successful method of reducing thermal and mechanical loads during disruptions. The evolution of the quenching plasma after pellet injection in ASDEX Upgrade is described and the requirements of such a method for mitigating disruptions in future devices are discussed

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