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Active Control of Magneto-hydrodynamic Instabilities in Hot Plasmas

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A credible roadmap to fusion maximizes performance while still allowing for a safe, efficient and reliable operation of the plant. In this effort control of plasma quantities and off-normal events plays a very important role: the challenge will be not only that of controlling individual quantities, but also that of integration in a harsh nuclear environment. Operation of a fusion reactor will need complete mastering of the plasma. Real time control of MHD stability is a paradigmatic example. Successful control of MHD stability is based in fact on integrated control of both magnetic and kinetic quantities, influences component integrity, plasma-wall interaction and D-T burn and is a requisite for handling off-normal events like disruptions. This final chapter aims at presenting a global view of the open issues and of the potential solutions that characterize the challenge of integrating stability control in an effective fusion scenario.

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    Besides of course the stellarator configuration, which is outside the scope of this book.

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    A comparison that was suggested to me by Tim Hender: the weight force of an Airbus 380 airplane is about 5.5 MN, while the displacement (weight) of a medium size ship is about 50 MN.

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Martin, P. (2015). Perspectives for Integrated Control. In: Igochine, V. (eds) Active Control of Magneto-hydrodynamic Instabilities in Hot Plasmas. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 83. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44222-7_10

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