DIII-D First Wall Metal Impurity Migration Trends

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Abstract

Metal accumulation on the entire graphite first wall of the DIII-D tokamak was measured using a novel X-Ray Fluorescence technique. The technique is sensitive to and distinguishes between various elements from Al to U. During a two week campaign, the DIII-D tokamak operated with W-coated Mo alloy (TZM) metal tiles in the divertor, arranged in two 5cm wide toroidally uniform rings. These rings provided a large localized source of W to enable the first measurements of whole-vessel high-Z metal migration from a known divertor source. We have also measured deposits of Ni, Cr, Fe, Cu, and Mo originating from various other sources including sputtering from neutral beam drift-duct port walls and RF antenna Faraday shields. The integrated deposition pattern for different elements originating from different sources during these campaigns will be compared. In addition, a detailed description of the intrinsic metal impurities in different unexposed grades of graphite will be presented.

*Work supported by US DOE under DE-FC02-04ER54698, DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-AC05-94AL85000.

Authors

  • C.P. Chrobak

    • GA
  • H. Torreblanca

    • GA
  • K. Holtrop

    • GA
  • D.M. Thomas

    • GA
    • General Atomics
  • E.A. Unterberg

    • ORNL
  • David. C. Donovan

    • University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    • University of Tennessee
    • UTK
    • U. Tennessee
    • Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • D. Buchenauer

    • SNL
  • P.C. Stangeby

    • University of Toronto
    • UTIAS
    • U. Toronto