The KSTAR plasma facing components for 2010 operation

The KSTAR plasma facing components (PFCs) consist of inboard limiter, poloidal limiter, divertor, passive stabilizer and neutral beam armor. The main function of the PFCs is to define boundary of operating plasma and to protect the vacuum vessel and in-vessel components such as diagnostic components, in vessel control coil and several kinds of launchers for heating and current drive systems. The divertor is designed to enhance effective particle control to keep high quality plasma with various flexibilities in the shaping control for wide range of operational regime. The passive stabilizer that is made of CuCrZr alloy is designed to passively control the vertical position and MHD instabilities during operation as well as outer boundary of the plasma. Since fabrication has been started for all of the plasma facing components from middle of 2009, the inboard limiter, the divertor, and the passive stabilizer were successfully installed in the vacuum vessel, in turn. Moreover, one set of neutral beam armor and three strings of poloidal limiters were also installed according to the heating system that newly comes in 2010. All the PFCs tiles were baked to 200 degrees C and the PFC system showed no vacuum leakage and other mechanical troubles. In this paper, key features, fabrication, results of assembly, and baking of the KSTAR PFCs are summarized in detail. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.