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A.R. Raffray is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, primarily focusing on engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, nuclear and high energy physics, biomedical engineering, and energy engineering and power technology.

Raffray's research topics include fusion materials and technologies, magnetic confinement fusion research, superconducting materials and applications, nuclear materials and properties, nuclear reactor physics and engineering, spacecraft and cryogenic technologies, and hybrid renewable energy systems.

Their recent published work includes the paper titled First wall power flux management during plasma current ramp-up on ITER, which appeared in 2022 in the journal Nuclear Fusion.

  • First wall power flux management during plasma current ramp-up on ITER, 2022, Nuclear Fusion

Frequent co-authors associated with Raffray's publications include:

  • M. S. Tillack
  • R.A. Pitts
  • Y. Gribov
  • Jonathan Coburn
  • F. Javier Fuentes

Their work has primarily appeared in the journal Nuclear Fusion, which is the frequent venue for their publications.

Best Publications

  • Physics basis and design of the ITER plasma-facing components

    R.A. Pitts;S. Carpentier;F. Escourbiac;T. Hirai

  • The ARIES-AT advanced tokamak, Advanced technology fusion power plant

    Farrokh Najmabadi;A. Abdou;L. Bromberg;T. Brown

  • Design and material issues for high performance SiCf/SiC-based fusion power cores

    A. R. Raffray;R. Jones;G. Aiello;M. Billone

  • Critical heat flux analysis and R&D for the design of the ITER divertor

    A.R. Raffray;J. Schlosser;M. Akiba;M. Araki

  • Review of blanket designs for advanced fusion reactors

    T. Ihli;T.K. Basu;L.M. Giancarli;S. Konishi

  • THE ARIES-CS COMPACT STELLARATOR FUSION POWER PLANT

    F. Najmabadi;A. R. Raffray;S. I. Abdel-Khalik;L. Bromberg

  • Breeding blanket concepts for fusion and materials requirements

    A.R Raffray;M Akiba;V Chuyanov;L Giancarli

  • The ITER blanket system design challenge

    A. R. Raffray;B. Calcagno;P. Chappuis;Zhang Fu

  • High heat flux components—Readiness to proceed from near term fusion systems to power plants

    A. R. Raffray;R. Nygren;D. G. Whyte;S. Abdel-Khalik

  • Recent US activities on advanced He-cooled W-alloy divertor concepts for fusion power plants

    M.S. Tillack;A.R. Raffray;X.R. Wang;S. Malang

  • Armour Materials for the ITER Plasma Facing Components

    V. Barabash;G. Federici;R. Matera;A. R. Raffray

  • Recent research and development for the dual-coolant blanket concept in the US

    N.B. Morley;Yutai Katoh;Siegfried Malang;Bruce A Pint

  • High performance blanket for ARIES-AT power plant

    A.R Raffray;L El-Guebaly;S Gordeev;S Malang

  • The Science and Technologies for Fusion Energy With Lasers and Direct-Drive Targets

    J D Sethian;D G Colombant;J L Giuliani;R H Lehmberg

  • An example pathway to a fusion power plant system based on lead–lithium breeder: Comparison of the dual-coolant lead–lithium (DCLL) blanket with the helium-cooled lead–lithium (HCLL) concept as initial step

    S. Malang;A.R. Raffray;N.B. Morley

  • RACLETTE: a Model for Evaluating the Thermal Response of Plasma Facing Components to Slow High Power Plasma Transients. Part I: Theory and Description of Model Capabilities

    A.René Raffray;Gianfranco Federici

  • Mistral: A comprehensive model for tritium transport in lithium-base ceramics: Part I: Theory and description of model capabilities☆

    G. Federici;A.R. Raffray;M.A. Abdou

  • ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE ARIES-CS POWER PLANT

    A. R. Raffray;L. El-Guebaly;S. Malang;X. R. Wang

  • Engineering challenges and development of the ITER Blanket System and Divertor

    Mario Merola;Frederic Escourbiac;Alphonse Rene Raffray;Philippe Chappuis

  • RACLETTE: a model for evaluating the thermal response of plasma facing components to slow high power plasma transients. Part II: Analysis of ITER plasma facing components

    Gianfranco Federici;A.René Raffray

Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried Malang
Siegfried Malang University of California, San Diego
Said I. Abdel-Khalik
Said I. Abdel-Khalik Georgia Institute of Technology
G. Federici
G. Federici Max Planck Society
Mario Merola
Mario Merola University of Naples Federico II
Nasr M. Ghoniem
Nasr M. Ghoniem University of California, Los Angeles
Neil B. Morley
Neil B. Morley University of California, Los Angeles
Yutai Katoh
Yutai Katoh Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Steven J. Zinkle
Steven J. Zinkle University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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