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    Masuzaki, S; Otsuka, T; Ogawa, K; Yajima, M; Tokitani, M; Zhou, Q; Isobe, M; Oya, Y; Yoshida, N; Nobuta, Y

    Physica scripta, 01/2020, Volume: T171, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Remaining tritium in the vacuum vessel after the first deuterium plasma experimental campaign conducted over four months was investigated in the large helical device (LHD) for the first time in stellarator/heliotron devices by using the tritium imaging plate technique. In-vessel components such as divertor tiles and first wall panels, and long-term material probes retrieved from the vacuum vessel were analyzed. The in-vessel component in which tritium remained most densely is the baffle part of divertor tiles made of graphite retrieved from the inboard-side divertor. Asymmetric tritium retention is observed on divertor tiles located at magnetically symmetric positions, and can be attributed to the toroidal field direction dependence of the asymmetric loss of energetic tritons generated by deuterium-deuterium nuclear fusion reactions. On the first wall, tritium remained in a deposited layer, which mainly consists of carbon.