Mario Merola
ITER
149 Papers
1.1K Citations
Mario Merola is an academic researcher from ITER. The author has contributed to research in topics: Divertor & Blanket. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 149 publications.
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Papers
A full tungsten divertor for ITER: Physics issues and design status
R.A. Pitts,S. Carpentier,Frederic Escourbiac,T. Hirai,V. Komarov,S.W. Lisgo,A.S. Kukushkin,A. Loarte,Mario Merola,A. Sashala Naik,R. Mitteau,Masayoshi Sugihara,B. Bazylev,P.C. Stangeby +13 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the risks engendered by the baseline divertor strategy with regard to known W plasma-material interaction issues and briefly present the current status of a possible full-tungsten (W) divertor design.
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Physics basis and design of the ITER plasma-facing components
R.A. Pitts,S. Carpentier,Frederic Escourbiac,T. Hirai,V. Komarov,A.S. Kukushkin,S.W. Lisgo,A. Loarte,Mario Merola,R. Mitteau,A.R. Raffray,Michiya Shimada,P.C. Stangeby +12 more
TL;DR: The ITER PFC design has now reached a rather mature stage following the 2007 ITER Design Review as discussed by the authors, and the key elements of the design, reviews the physics drivers, essentially thermal load specifications, which have defined the concept and discusses a selection of material and design issues.
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Use of Tungsten Material for the ITER Divertor
T. Hirai,S. Panayotis,V.R. Barabash,C. Amzallag,Frederic Escourbiac,A. Durocher,Mario Merola,Jochen Linke,Th. Loewenhoff,Gerald Pintsuk,Marius Wirtz,I. Uytdenhouwen +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a high heat flux test of tungsten monoblock components was conducted to understand correlation between the macro-cracks appearance and mechanical properties and possible update of acceptance criteria in the material specification.
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ITER tungsten divertor design development and qualification program
T. Hirai,Frederic Escourbiac,S. Carpentier-Chouchana,A. Fedosov,L. Ferrand,T. Jokinen,V. Komarov,A.S. Kukushkin,Mario Merola,R. Mitteau,R.A. Pitts,W. Shu,Masayoshi Sugihara,B. Riccardi,Sadaaki Suzuki,R. Villari +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the status of both the design and technology R&D activity is summarized in this paper, together with a demonstration of the necessary high performance tungsten monoblock technology.
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ITER plasma-facing components
Mario Merola,D. Loesser,A. Martin,P. Chappuis,R. Mitteau,V. Komarov,R.A. Pitts,S. Gicquel,V.R. Barabash,L. Giancarli,J. Palmer,Masataka Nakahira,A. Loarte,David Campbell,R. Eaton,A.S. Kukushkin,Masayoshi Sugihara,Fu Zhang,C.S. Kim,R. Raffray,L. Ferrand,D. Yao,S. Sadakov,A. Furmanek,V. Rozov,T. Hirai,Frederic Escourbiac,T. Jokinen,B. Calcagno,S. Mori +29 more
TL;DR: The ITER plasma-facing components directly face the thermonuclear plasma and include the divertor, the blanket and the test blanket modules with their corresponding frames as discussed by the authors, which provides a physical boundary for the plasma transients and contributes to the thermal and nuclear shielding of the vacuum vessel and external machine components.
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