Progress in the STEP Programme Toward Understanding REBCO Coated Conductors in the Fusion Environment

被引：0

作者：

Iliffe, William ^{[1
]}

Chislett-McDonald, Simon ^{[2
]}

Harden, Fiona ^{[1
]}

Adams, Kirk ^{[3
]}

Tufnail, James

Grovenor, Chris

Speller, Susannah

Reilly, Aidan ^{[1
]}

Wimbush, Stuart C. ^{[1
]}

Nasr, Ezzat ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UK Ind Fus Syst, ABINGDON OX14 3DB, England

[2] Tokamak Energy Ltd, Abingdon OX14 4SD, England

[3] Univ Oxford, Mat Dept, Oxford OX13PH, England

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY | 2025年 / 35卷 / 05期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Radiation effects; Superconducting magnets; Cables; Temperature measurement; Ions; Tokamak devices; Superconducting filters; Neutrons; Magnetic field measurement; Coils; Coated conductors; fusion; ion irradiation; neutron irradiation; REBCO; STEP; superconducting magnets; FIELD; DEPENDENCE;

D O I：

10.1109/TASC.2024.3523248

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The UKAEA's Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme aims to demonstrate the ability of low aspect ratio tokamaks to generate net electricity from deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion. As STEP have selected REBCO coated conductor (CC) as the current carrier in most magnet systems, understanding how REBCO CC responds to the energetic particle environment of a compact tokamak is crucial, especially given reported changes to the properties of REBCO following neutron irradiation. The STEP confinement system materials group has developed a plan to thoroughly test and validate the superconducting properties of REBCO under conditions as close as reasonably possible to those within STEP prior to its construction. Here our progress in carrying out this experimental plan is presented, followed by details of experiments still in development.

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