Burn-up of fusion-produced tritons and3He ions in PLT and PDX
Open Access
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nuclear Fusion
- Vol. 23 (7) , 917-931
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/23/7/005
Abstract
The d(d,p)t and d(d,n) 3He fusion reactions produce 1 MeV tritons and 0.8 MeV 3He ions which can subsequently undergo d(t, n) α and d(3He,p) α fusion reactions. The magnitude of this triton and 3He ion 'burn-up' was measured on the PLT and PDX tokamaks by detection of the 14 MeV neutron and 15 MeV proton emission. In discharges with B > 2 T, the measured 3He and triton burn-up is consistent (within a factor of three) with predictions based on classical theories of ion confinement and slowing down. In discharges with weaker toroidal fields but constant plasma current, the burn-up of both ions fell by more than a factor of ten so that the observed burn-up was significantly less than expected classically.Keywords
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