title: Progress in the MITICA beam source design.
abstract: In the framework of the development of the ITER neutral beam (NB) system, a test facility is planned to be built in Padova. A full size prototype of the ITER heating NB injector (MITICA) shall be built and tested at full beam power (17 MW) as per ITER requirements. The design of the MITICA beam source has further progressed following updated optimization and overall integration criteria. In the paper, the major design choices and revisions are presented, together with some results of numerical analyses carried out in order to assess the electrostatic and thermo-mechanical behaviour of the source.
authors.affiliation: Consorzio RFX, Euratom-ENEA Association, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35127 Padova, Italy. pierluigi.zaccaria@igi.cnr.it
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