Abstract
In ITER, to mitigate the deleterious effects of plasma disruptions, massive quantities of radiating impurities will be injected into the disrupting plasma by shattered pellet injectors (SPI) to pre-emptively radiate away the stored thermal and magnetic energy (Lehnen et al Proc. 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conf. (FEC 2018) (Gandhinagar, India) EX/P7-12). However, asymmetries in the radiation pattern could result in intense photon flashes during the thermal quench that could locally damage or erode the stainless steel plasma-facing surface of the diagnostic port plugs (Pitts et al 2015 J. Nucl. Mater. 463 748–75). Experiments have been undertaken at JET to assess the potential dependence of the radiated power asymmetry on plasma energy during SPI mitigated disruptions. Calculations of the toroidal asymmetry in the radiated power indicate that the toroidal peaking factor is largest near the SPI position and decreases with the plasma stored energy, which is a promising result in view of radiation heat loads during mitigated disruptions in ITER.
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