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Progress and innovations in the TCV tokamak research programme

  • C. Theiler
  • , J. Adamek
  • , M. Agostini
  • , C. Albert
  • , S. Alberti
  • , G. Alberti
  • , S. Aleiferis
  • , E. Alessi
  • , G. Anastassiou
  • , Y. Andrèbe
  • , Y. Antonenas
  • , G. M. Apruzzese
  • , L. Aucone
  • , F. Auriemma
  • , J. Ayllon-Guerola
  • , E. Aymerich
  • , F. Bagnato
  • , F. Bairaktaris
  • , A. Balestri
  • , J. Ball
  • S. Balugani, M. Baquero-Ruiz, O. Bardsley, A. F. Battey, T. Bauer, S. Bechtle, M. Bernert, W. Bin, P. Blanchard, J. Boedo, T. Bolzonella, L. Bonalumi, M. Bonisolli, T. Bosman, R. Bouffet-Klein, M. D. Boyer, L. Bramucci, F. Braunmüller, B. N. Breizman, D. Brida, B. Brown, S. Brunner, J. Buchli, J. Buermans, D. Busi, Y. Camenen, A. Cardinali, S. Carli, D. Carnevale, F. Carpanese, M. Carpita, A. Casolari, C. Castaldo, M. Cavedon, J. Cazabonne, J. Cerovsky, B. Chapman-Oplopoiou, O. Chellai, Y. Chervonyi, J. Chlum, P. Chmielewski, A. Chomiczewska, R. Cicioni, G. Ciraolo, I. Classen, A. Clod, S. Coda, C. Colandrea, C. E. Contré, R. Coosemans, L. Cordaro, M. Cornelissen, T. Craciunescu, D. J. Cruz Zabala, M. Czarski, I. Davies, C. Dawson, G. De Tommasi, B. De Vylder, J. Decker, G. L. Derks, E. Devlaminck, G. Di Giannatale, L. E. di Grazia, R. Ding, C. Donner, M. Dreval, C. Dritselis, S. Dubbioso, R. Ducker, M. Dunne, G. Durr-Legoupil-Nicoud, B. P. Duval, L. Édes, S. Ernst, M. Faitsch, C. Fan, A. Fasoli, N. Fedorczak, F. Felici, N. Ferron, O. Ficker, L. Figini, P. Figueiredo, A. Frank, L. Frassinetti, D. Frattolillo, D. Frigione, I. Furno, O. Février, D. Galassi, J. Galdon-Quiroga, S. Galeani, C. Galperti, M. Gambrioli, S. Garavaglia, S. Garcia Herreros, M. Garcia Munoz, P. Gaudio, M. Gelfusa, J. Genoud, S. Gerasimov, L. Gil, C. Giroud, P. Giroud-Garampon, M. Gobbin, T. Golfinopoulos, T. P. Goodman, S. Gorno, M. Grandin, G. Granucci, F. Graziano, M. Griener, N. Grzybicka, S. Guinchard, R. Hafner, A. Hakola, P. Halldestam, C. Ham, Ph Hamel, D. Hamm, P. Heinrich, C. Heiß, S. Henderson, P. Hennequin, J. P. Hogge, R. Hojlund, C. Honoré, M. Hoppe, J. Horacek, E. Huett, P. Innocente, P. Ivanov, V. Ivanov, T. Jackson, A. Jansen van Vuuren, A. Jardin, R. Jaspers, F. Jaulmes, T. Jensen, M. Jimenez Comez, E. Joffrin, D. Kabirov, A. N. Karpushov, S. Kasilov, Y. Kazakov, S. Kerboua-Benlarbi, A. Khan, D. King, A. Kirjasuo, E. M.M. Kivits, S. Kobussen, J. T.W. Koenders, P. Kohli, J. Kolsen de Wit, Y. Kominis, M. Kong, B. Kool, J. Kovacic, D. Kropackova, O. Krutkin, U. Kumar, R. Kwiatkowski, M. La Matina, B. Labit, A. Lafay, V. Laporta, N. Lazic, K. Lee, F. Lengyel, K. Lim, B. Linehan, A. Listopad, L. Lobko, N. Lonigro, T. Lunt, R. Mackenbach, E. Macusova, P. Maget, S. Malec, D. Mancini, P. Mantica, C. Marchetto, S. Marchioni, A. Mariani, M. Marin, A. Marinoni, M. Markl, Y. Martin, L. Martinelli, S. Masillo, R. Masocco, V. Masson, M. Mattei, S. Mattogno, D. Mazon, S. Mazzi, A. Mele, V. Menkovski, A. Merle, A. Michi, R. Mirowski, S. Misdanitis, R. Mishra, D. Moiraf, P. A. Molina-Cabrera, S. Molisani, F. Mombelli, R. I. Morgan, A. Moro, A. Murari, K. Murray, P. Muscente, I. Muzio, D. Mykytchuk, Y. Nakeva, F. Napoli, A. H. Nielsen, S. K. Nielsen, T. Norman, S. Nowak, H. Nyström, R. Ochoukov, A. Orduna-Martinez, L. Orlandi, C. Orrico, F. P. Orsitto, R. Osawa, N. Osborne, P. Oyola, C. Paduaru, A. Pajares, D. I. Palade, O. Pan, O. Panico, P. Papagiannis, M. Passoni, F. Pastore, A. Patel, A. Pau, C. Paz-Soldan, A. C. Pedersen, M. Pedrini, G. Pelka, A. Perek, Y. Peres Asnis, R. Perillo, F. Pesamosca, K. Petersen, L. Pigatto, C. Piron, L. Piron, A. Pironti, V. Plyusnin, M. Podesta, Y. Poels, G. I. Pokol, J. Poley, L. Pomârjanschi, M. Poradzinski, L. Porte, C. Possieri, F. Puentes del Pozo, M. J. Pueschel, V. Quadri, M. Rabinski, R. Ragona, G. A. Ratta, C. Rea, H. Reimerdes, M. Reisner, C. Reux, D. Ricci, P. Ricci, M. Riedmiller, S. Rienäcker, N. Rispoli, J. F. Rivero-Rodriguez, R. Rizkallah, A. Rodriguez Gonzalez, F. Romano, R. Rossi, M. Rud, D. Sales de Oliveira, M. Salewski, A. Salmi, O. Sauter, Bo S Schmidt, N. Schoonheere, K. Schutjes, L. Scotti, L. Senni, M. G. Senstius, S. Setzu, S. E. Sharapov, U. A. Sheikh, G. Sias, M. Silva Füglister, D. Silvagni, A. Simonetto, L. Simons, L. Singh, K. Singh, P. Sintre, S. Sipilä, O. So, C. Sommariva, C. Sozzi, S. Spagnolo, A. Stagni, C. Stollberg, F. Subba, G. Sun, H. Sun, J. Svantner, T. Tala, P. Tamain, K. Tanaka, W. Tang, A. Tema Biwole, A. Tenaglia, D. Terranova, D. Testa, K. E. Thome, A. Thrysoe, M. Tomes, E. Tonello, M. A. Topalova, B. Tracey, E. Tsitrone, C. K. Tsui, J. Tumbokon, M. Tunkl, M. Ugoletti, A. Valentini, M. Vallar, M. Van Berkel, L. van Leeuwen, S. Van Mulders, G. Van Parys, M. Van Rossem, C. Venturini, K. Verhaegh, L. Vermare, N. Vianello, E. Viezzer, L. Villard, B. Vincent, C. Vincent, P. Vincenzi, J. Vinklárek, I. Voitsekhovitch, L. Votta, N. M.T. Vu, A. Wang, C. Wang, Y. Wang, N. Wendler, E. Westerhof, S. Wiesen, T. Wijkamp, M. Winkel, C. Wüthrich, I. Wyss, L. Xiang, G. Xu, H. Yang, J. Zebrowski, P. A. Zestanakis, H. Zhang, C. F.B. Zimmermann, M. Zuin, M. Zurita
  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
  • Institute of Plasma Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
  • Padova University
  • CNR
  • Technische Universität Graz
  • Politecnico di Milano
  • EURATOM-UKAEA Association Culham Science Centre
  • National Technical University of Athens
  • ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati
  • University of Milano-Bicocca
  • University of Seville
  • University of Cagliari
  • ITER
  • DTT S. c. a r. l.
  • Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Google DeepMind
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik
  • University of California, San Diego
  • FOM Institute DIFFER
  • Ecole Normale Supérieure
  • Commonwealth Fusion Systems
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Ghent
  • Université Aix Marseille
  • Politecnico di Torino
  • KU Leuven
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)
  • Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion
  • Technical University of Denmark
  • National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Consorzio CREATE
  • University of Napoli 'Federico II'
  • Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • National Science Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
  • University of Thessaly
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Instituto Superior Técnico
  • MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center
  • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie
  • Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering
  • Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN
  • Royal Military Academy
  • University of Ljubljana
  • Narodowe Centrum Badań Jadrowych
  • Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi (ISTP)
  • Centre for Energy Research
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Tuscia
  • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  • General Atomics
  • Columbia University
  • Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión
  • University of Oxford
  • Aalto University
  • National Institute for Fusion Science
  • University of Manchester
  • Sandia National Laboratories, California

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Abstract

Research on the Tokamak à Configuration Variable addresses a wide range of key questions relevant to ITER and future fusion power plants. Over the past two years, highly productive experimental campaigns have led to major advances across several areas: the ITER baseline scenario; pedestal properties in low-collisionality, peeling-limited conditions; and the development of high- (Formula presented) (Formula presented), non-inductive regimes. Alternative high-confinement scenarios have likewise received significant attention, with remarkable progress in quasi-continuous exhaust operation, X-point radiator plasmas, and negative triangularity configurations. Substantial achievements were also made in the mitigation or benign termination of runaway electron beams, in elucidating fast-ion loss mechanisms, and in improving exhaust behaviour in both conventional and alternative divertor geometries. These experimental results have been strongly supported by advances in modelling and their direct application to the experiment, ranging from gyrokinetic simulations of core and pedestal turbulence to fluid-based studies of scrape-off layer and divertor physics in diverse geometries. Plasma control has taken on an increasingly important role, with model-based and data-driven approaches now closely intertwined with physics studies. This article provides a overview of these recent activities, together with a brief outlook on forthcoming upgrades and next steps.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116007
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume66
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2026

Keywords

  • EPFL
  • TCV
  • magnetic confinement fusion
  • plasma
  • review
  • tokamak

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