EFFECT OF LITHIUM WALL CONDITIONING ON DEUTERIUM IN-VESSEL RETENTION IN THE TDEV TOKAMAK

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TERREAULT, B
GUO, HY
KEROACK, D
PAYNTER, RW
ZUZAK, WW
ABEL, G
ENNACEUR, M
GAUVREAU, JL
HADDAD, E
LEBLANC, L
ROSS, GG
MAI, HH
RICHARD, N
STANSFIELD, BL
TEAM, T
CAORLIN, M
OWENS, DK
MUELLER, D
PITCHER, S
LAMARCHE, PH
STRACHAN, JD
ARPS, JH
WELLER, RA
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[1] UNIV QUEBEC, INRS ENERGIE & MAT, ST FOY, PQ G1V 2M3, CANADA
[2] MPB TECHNOL INC, POINTE CLAIRE, PQ, CANADA
[3] PRINCETON UNIV, PLASMA PHYS LAB, PRINCETON, NJ 08543 USA
[4] CFFTP, TORONTO, ON, CANADA
[5] VANDERBILT UNIV, NASHVILLE, TN 37235 USA
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10.1016/0022-3115(94)00488-9
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The effect of lithium wall conditioning in a boronized tokamak was investigated in ohmic discharges in the TdeV. In the course of 14 discharges, lithium was spread on the walls to a coverage of about 10(21) atoms/m(2) by inserting a lithium-containing graphite crucible in the scrape-off-layer. Lithium caused an increase of some tens of percent in the wall pumping capacity during discharges, as seen from gas puffing and H-alpha + D-alpha measurements. Post-shot wall outgassing also increased such that the short term in-vessel retention was only enhanced by about 20%. This increased retention level was confirmed by subsequent analysis of collector probe samples positioned in the SOL near the wall and was lower than one H or D atom per Li atom. Evidence of oxygen gettering by lithium was also found.
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