Protecting future fusion power plants – Development of efficient and real-time plasma disruption predictors for ITER by combining advanced data-driven models with physics insights Ghent University
In tokamak fusion devices, a plasma disruption is a sudden loss of
plasma confinement and current. In the next-step fusion device ITER,
the resulting fast release of thermal and magnetic energy may lead to
severe heat loads and mechanical stresses. Crucial for successful
mitigation is prediction of an upcoming disruption sufficiently ahead.
However, the mechanisms of a disruption are complex and current ...