Present status and future prospects of the JT-60SA project
Abstract
The JT-60SA project has been implemented jointly by Europe and Japan since June 2007. After the disassembly of JT-60 from the torus hall had been completed in October 2012, the project achieved the major milestone of starting the tokamak's assembly at the JAEA Naka site in January 2013 following the completion of the cryostat base in Europe and its transport to Japan. Procurement and assembly activities for components such as the superconducting magnet, cryogenic system, power supply, vacuum vessel, divertor and cryostat are progressing on track towards the start of operation in March 2019. In preparation for exploitation, the JT-60SA Research Plan was issued in December 2011, and the research integration activities are addressing JT-60SA data management, validation and analysis tools. This paper overviews the latest evolution of the project in terms of construction and exploitation for JT-60SA.
- Publication:
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Journal of Korean Physical Society
- Pub Date:
- October 2014
- DOI:
- 10.3938/jkps.65.1221
- Bibcode:
- 2014JKPS...65.1221I
- Keywords:
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- JT-60SA;
- Superconducting tokamak;
- Plasma;
- Fusion