WEST

Key missions of WEST are the qualification of the high heat flux plasma facing components in integrating both technological and physics aspects in relevant heat and particle exhaust conditions (particularly for the tungsten monoblocks foreseen in ITER divertor), as well as the demonstration of integrated steady state operation, with a focus on power exhaust issues.

Quoted verbatim from the IAEA World Survey of Fusion Devices, not paraphrased.

Operator

CEA

Type

Fusion device

Approach

Tokamak

Country

FR

Status

Operating

First plasma

2016

Ownership

public