A “Most Read” Paper in July Nuclear Fusion Issue

 The paper “H-mode power threshold and confinement in a molybdenum wall with different magnetic configurations on the EAST Tokamak” (Nuclear Fusion 53, 073041, 2013), authored by Dr Zixi Liu, assistant researcher from Fusion Reactor Integration Design Division, ASIPP, was selected as a “Most Read” in July issue of Nuclear Fusion (NF), the world-leading journal in nuclear fusion research field.

In his paper, Dr. Liu explains his finding that metal wall can lead to a lower power threshold for the L-H transition by comparing the graphite wall (2010) observation to molybdenum wall(2012) in EAST. Due to the limitation of the heating power, the achievement of the H-mode is still an open question for ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor). Dr Liu’s finding matches the experiment result of JET, which is also consistent with a positive result for the H-mode accessing on ITER.

The paper summaries the effect of Xpt-strike point distance on the L-H transition in different tokamaks all around the world and brings some new ideas on the issue, which solicits wide interest and attention. (Xu Lei reports)

Links: http://iopscience.iop.org/0029-5515