Backside Protection for Wendelstein 7-X In-Vessel Components

Successful physical experiment campaigns have been performed on the most advanced modular stellarator Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) during the second operation phase (OP1.2). The completion phase (CP2) lasting until 2021 is devoted to the installation of cryo-vacuum pumps (CVPs), new diagnostics, and actively cooled in-vessel components instead of the inertially cooled ones used in OP1.2. This update all...