Applications of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy to the Isotopically Enriched Tungsten Metal Ring Campaign at DIII-D

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Abstract

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS) was used to measure isotopic ratios of deposited W on collector probes inserted during the metal ring campaign. Two toroidal rings of 5 cm wide W-coated TZM inserts were installed in the lower divertor. The inner ring was coated in natural-W and the outer ring was coated with 93$\%$ isotopically enriched W-182. A triplet set of replaceable graphite collector probes were mounted at the outboard mid-plane. Over 100 collector probes were exposed. ICP-MS analysis of the collector probes has yielded isotopic ratios of the deposited W, which have been used with the Stable Isotope Mixing Model (SIMM) to estimate the amount of W from each of the divertor rings that contributed to the total W deposition on the probe. Comparisons in strike-point positioning, H-mode/L-mode, and Forward/Reverse $B_t$ are reviewed.

*Work supported by US DOE under DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-FG02-07ER54917, DE-FC02-04ER54698, DE-AC04-94AL85000, UT Institute for Nuclear Security

Authors

  • David. C. Donovan

    • University of Tennessee-Knoxville
    • University of Tennessee
    • UTK
    • U. Tennessee
    • Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • C. Eley

    • UTK
  • A. Maan

    • UTK
  • J. Duran

    • UTK
  • J. Auxier II

    • UTK
  • E.A. Unterberg

    • ORNL
  • D.L. Rudakov

    • UCSD
  • P.C. Stangeby

    • University of Toronto
    • UTIAS
    • U. Toronto
  • C.P. Chrobak

    • GA
  • W.R. Wampler

    • SNL