Thermal loads in gaps between ITER divertor monoblocks: first lessons learnt from WEST

J. P. Gunn (1) , J. Bucalossi (1) , Y. Corre (1) , M. Diez (1) , E. Delmas (1) , N. Fedorczak (1) , A. Grosjean (1) , M. Firdaouss (1) , J. Gaspar (2) , T. Loarer (1) , M. Missirlian (1) , P. Moreau (1) , E. Nardon (1) , C. Reux (1) , M. Richou (1) , E. Tsitrone (1)

1 IRFM - Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique
2 IUSTI - Institut universitaire des systèmes thermiques industriels

The need for tungsten monoblock shaping in the ITER divertor Justification for final decision on shaping solution observations of damage at optical hot spots in WEST First attempts to try to understand how the damage is caused Consequences for ITER?

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph]

J. P. Gunn, J. Bucalossi, Y. Corre, M. Diez, E. Delmas, et al.. Thermal loads in gaps between ITER divertor monoblocks: first lessons learnt from WEST. PSI 24 - The 24th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion, Jan 2021, Jeju, South Korea. ⟨cea-03202608⟩