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At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is preparing for a procedure that he and his colleagues have practiced repeatedly in anticipation of this moment in the hot cell.
Bernhard Streibl, Peter Thomas Lang, Fritz Leuterer, Jean-Marie Noterdaeme, Albrecht Stäbler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | November 2003 | Pages 578-592
Technical Paper | ASDEX Upgrade | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A400
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The machine design, power supply, and machine protection, as well as the different heating systems installed at ASDEX Upgrade are discussed. The available auxiliary heating power of 30 MW, supplied by three different heating systems, allows the power deposition to be varied and species heated over a large range. These three heating systems - neutral beam, ion cyclotron, and electron cyclotron heating - are presented in detail. A description of the pellet refueling system is included, which is successfully used for density control.
