ASDEX Upgrade Letter 26 now available

The new issue focuses on the successful completion of the conversion of the Garching Tokamak and its new experimental capabilities.

 

 

The main topics:

Finding the optimum exhaust solution for a fusion reactor
To investigate the intense heat and particle exhaust that future fusion power plants will have to contend with, the ASDEX Upgrade facility can now test a variety of alternative divertor configurations. Each configuration offers a unique approach to spreading heat loads or stabilising radiation zones before the plasma reaches material surfaces. Early results with the Compact Radiative Divertor are promising.

The new upper divertor with in-vessel coils
The conversion of ASDEX Upgrade was a technical masterpiece. The 26th edition of the ASDEX Upgrade Letter describes in detail the new components of the facility and the opportunities they offer.

Qualification of components and installation procedure
This article describes the technical challenges faced by the conversion team – and how they were successfully overcome.

https://www.ipp.mpg.de/17103/asdex_letter