SIMONIN , A.

Achievement of an economic fusion reactor imposes a high level of unprecedented requirements for the Neutral Beam (NB) systems; the first one is the nuclear safety constraints which imposes prerequisite on the ease of access of all injector components to provide a preventive (and curative) maintenance by remote handling while maintaining...

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In parallel to the developments dedicated to the ITER neutral beam system, CEA-IRFM with laboratories in France and Switzerland are studying the feasibility of a new generation of Neutral Beam (NB) system able to provide heating and current drive for the future DEMOnstration fusion reactor (DEMO). For the steady-state scenario, the NB system...

Since the signature of the ITER treaty in 2006, a new research programme targeting the emergence of a new generation of Neutral Beam (NB) system for the future fusion reactor (DEMO Tokamak) has been underway between several laboratories in Europe. The specifications required to operate a NB system on DEMO are very demanding: the system has to...