Simulations of Alpha Wall Load in ITER. Final report

[摘要] The partially DOE funded International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) will produce massive amounts of energetic charged alpha particles, which are imperfectly confined by a strong magnetic field. The wall of the experiment is designed to withstand an estimated wall load from these fusion alpha particles, but the accuracy of this estimate needs to be improved to avoid potentially catastrophic surprises when the experiment becomes operational. We have added a more accurate, gyro-dynamic model of particle motion to the existing drift-dynamic model in the DELTA5D simulation software used for the project. We have also added the ability to load a detailed engineering model of the wall and use it in the simulations.

[发布日期] 2010-10-20

[学科分类] 原子、分子光学和等离子物理

[关键词] ITER;alpha wall load;Monte Carlo simulation;ripple diffusion;TBM