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ITER hot Cell—Remote handling system maintenance overview by Friconneau, J-P, Beaudoin, V., Dammann, A, Dremel, C., Martins, JP, Pitcher, C.S.

“…ITER is a large scale fusion device designed to study the high temperature fusion reaction between tritium and deuterium. The success of a tokamak-type fusion…”
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Radwaste management aspects of the test blanket systems in ITER by van der Laan, J.G., Canas, D., Chaudhari, V., Iseli, M., Kawamura, Y., Lee, D.W., Petit, P., Pitcher, C.S., Torcy, D., Ugolini, D., Zhang, H.

“…•Test Blanket Systems are operated in ITER to test tritium breeding technologies.•The in-vessel parts of TBS become radio-active during the ITER nuclear…”
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Final design of the generic equatorial port plug structure for ITER diagnostic systems by Udintsev, V.S., Maquet, P., Alexandrov, E., Casal, N., Cuenca, D., Drevon, J.-M., Feder, R., Friconneau, J.P., Giacomin, T., Guirao, J., Iglesias, S., Josseaume, F., Levesy, B., Loesser, D., Ordieres, J., Quinn, E., Pak, S., Penot, C., Pitcher, C.S., Portalès, M., Proust, M., Suarez, A., Seyvet, F., Tanchuk, V., Utin, Y., Vacas, C., Vasseur, C., Walsh, M.J.

“…The Diagnostic Generic Equatorial Port Plug (GEPP) is designed to be common to all equatorial port-based diagnostic systems. It is designed to survive…”
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Neutronics for equatorial and upper ports in ITER by Serikov, A., Fischer, U., Henderson, M., Leichtle, D., Pitcher, C.S., Spaeh, P., Strauss, D., Suarez, A., Weinhorst, B.

“…•ITER neutronics calculations for Diagnostic Equatorial Port Plug (EPP) and Electron Cyclotron Heating Upper Launcher (ECHUL).•Activation and radiation…”
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Integration of remote refurbishment performed on ITER components by Dammann, A., Antola, L., Beaudoin, V., Dremel, C., Evrard, D., Friconneau, J.P., Lemée, A., Levesy, B., Pitcher, C.S.

“…•System engineering approach to consolidate requirements to modify the layout of the Hot Cell.•Illustration of the loop between requirement and…”
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Support structure concept for integration of ITER diagnostics in the port cell by Udintsev, V.S., Portalès, M., Giacomin, T., Darcourt, O., Direz, M.-F., Martins, J.P., Penot, C., Arumugam, A.P., Drevon, J.-M., Friconneau, J.P., Levesy, B., Maquet, P., Patel, K.M., Pitcher, C.S., Popova, E., Proust, M., Ronden, D.M.S., Walker, C.I., Walsh, M.J., Watts, C.

“…► An interspace support structure to support the diagnostic systems from the back of the upper and equatorial port plugs to the biological shield plug. ► Port…”
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Visible imaging of turbulence in the SOL of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak by Terry, J.L., Maqueda, R., Pitcher, C.S., Zweben, S.J., LaBombard, B., Marmar, E.S., Pigarov, A.Yu, Wurden, G.

“…Measurements of fluctuations in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of Alcator C-Mod plasmas were made using visible emission from the plasma edge. Line emissions from…”
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Toroidal rotation as an explanation for plasma flow observations in the Alcator C-Mod scrape-off layer by LaBombard, B., Gangadhara, S., Lipschultz, B., Pitcher, C.S.

“…Parallel and E× B plasma flows near the separatrix on the outside midplane of Alcator C-Mod are investigated with a scanning probe for a range plasma…”
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Study of gross and net erosion in the ASDEX upgrade divertor by Krieger, K., Roth, J., Annen, A., Jacob, W., Pitcher, C.S., Schneider, W., Thoma, A., Weinlich, M.

“…Erosion of carbon and tungsten in the divertor of ASDEX Upgrade was investigated by surface analysis of target tile probes. The probes were exposed in the…”
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A novel tracer-gas injection system for scrape-off layer impurity transport and screening experiments by LaBombard, B., Gangadhara, S., Lipschultz, B., Lisgo, S., Pappas, D.A., Pitcher, C.S., Stangeby, P., Terry, J.

“…The design, operation, and initial results of a novel tracer-gas injection system is described. This system has been developed to diagnose local impurity…”
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Monte Carlo radiation shielding and activation analyses for the Diagnostic Equatorial Port Plug in ITER by Serikov, A., Fischer, U., Leichtle, D., Pitcher, C.S.

“…► Systematic neutronics analyses were conducted to assess the ITER Equatorial Port Plug radiation shielding performance. ► Shielding optimization was achieved…”
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Electromagnetic analysis of ITER diagnostic equatorial port plugs during plasma disruptions by Zhai, Y., Feder, R., Brooks, A., Ulrickson, M., Pitcher, C.S., Loesser, G.D.

“…► Disruption loads on ITER diagnostic equatorial port plugs are extracted. ► Upward major disruption produces the largest radial moment and radial force on…”
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Plasma profiles and flows in the high-field side scrape-off layer in Alcator C-Mod by Smick, N., LaBombard, B., Pitcher, C.S.

“…A novel, magnetically-driven swing probe was recently installed near the midplane on the high-field side SOL in Alcator C-Mod. The probe collects plasma from…”
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The remote handling compatibility analysis of the ITER generic upper port plug structure by Ronden, D.M.S., Dammann, A., Elzendoorn, B., Giacomin, T., Heemskerk, C., Loesser, D., Maquet, P., van Oosterhout, J., Pak, S., Pitcher, C.S., Portales, M., Proust, M., Udintsev, V.S., Walsh, M.J.

“…•We describe the remote handling compatibility of the ITER generic upper port plug.•Concepts are presented of specific design solutions to improve RH…”
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Nuclear engineering of diagnostic port plugs on ITER by Pitcher, C.S., Barnsley, R., Feder, R., Hu, Q., Loesser, G.D., Lyublin, B., Padasalagi, S., Pak, S., Reichle, R., Sato, K., Udintsev, V.S., Walker, C., Walsh, M., Zhai, Y.

“…The nuclear engineering infrastructure of port-based diagnostics on ITER is presented, including the equatorial and upper port plug generic designs, the…”
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Process and overview of diagnostics integration in ITER ports by Drevon, J.M., Walsh, M., Andrew, P., Barnsley, R., Bertalot, L., de Bock, M., Bora, D., Bouhamou, R., Direz, M.F., Encheva, A., Fang, T., Feder, R., Giacomin, T., von Hellermann, M., Jakhar, S., Johnson, D., Kaschuk, Y., Kusama, Y., Lee, H.G., Levesy, B., Loesser, D., Maquet, P., Okayama, K., Reichle, R., Pak, S., Patel, K.M., Pitcher, C.S., Portales, M., Arumugam, A.P., Simrock, S., Udintsev, V.S., Vasu, P., Vayakis, G., Veshchev, E., Walker, C., Watts, C., Zvonkov, A.

“…► An overview of the Port Integration hardware for tenant system hosting inside ITER diagnostics ports is given. ► The main challenges for diagnostic port…”
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Development of ITER diagnostic window assemblies by Maquet, Ph, Walker, C.I., Barnsley, R., Bertalot, L., Encheva, A., Pitcher, C.S., Reichle, R., Vayakis, G., Veshchev, E., Udintsev, V.S., Walsh, M.J., Watts, C., Patel, K.M., Giacomin, T., Hughes, Shaun, Taylor, Neill, Pearce, Robert, Okayama, Katsumi

“…•The concepts chosen for ITER Diagnostic Windows are given.•The description of the main components of the window assemblies is presented.•An overview of the…”
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On the theoretical–numerical study of the ITER Upper Port Plug structure hydraulic behaviour under steady state and draining and drying transient conditions by Di Maio, P.A., Paradiso, D., Dell’Orco, G., Pitcher, C.S., Kalish, M.

“…► UPP TS hydraulic behaviour has been investigated under steady state and D&D transient conditions. ► A thermal–hydraulic system code has been adopted and a…”
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Electromagnetic studies of the ITER generic upper port plug by Sato, K., Yaguchi, E., Pitcher, C.S., Walker, C., Encheva, A., Kawano, Y., Kusama, Y.

“…Electromagnetic analysis of the ITER generic upper port plug was carried out to estimate the most severe load to which the in-vessel components would be…”
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ITER diagnostics ex-vessel engineering services by Arumugam, A.P., Walker, C.I., Andrew, P., Barnsley, R., Beltran, D., Bertalot, L., Dammann, A., Direz, M.F., Drevon, J.M., Encheva, A., Giacomin, T., Hourtoule, J., Kuehn, I., Lanza, R., Levesy, B., Maquet, P., Patel, K.M., Patisson, L., Pitcher, C.S., Portales, M., Reichle, R., Udintsev, V.S., Vayakis, G., Veshchev, E., Walsh, M.J., Watts, C., Yoshiyuki, M.

“…•This paper describes about the ITER diagnostics ex-vessel engineering services.•It describes various diagnostics systems, its location and its…”
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