The United States is supporting ITER’s disruption mitigation technology development and deployment of prototypical shattered pellet injection units on existing tokamaks (up to a capped value).
The system has three functions: 1) limiting electromagnetic impacts of current decay on components, 2) limiting the magnitude of heat and particle flux to the plasma facing components, and 3) suppressing the formation of, or dissipating (if formed), a runaway electron beam.
For more information, contact:
Dave Rasmussen - Manager, Fueling Systems and Diagnostic Residual Gas Analyzer - US ITER Project Office
[email protected] | 865-574-1158
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