Helium removal and transport studies in TEXTOR

Experiments demonstrating direct control of the He{sup 2+} density in a tokamak plasma have been performed in the TEXTOR tokamak with the Advanced Limiter Test-II pump limiter. Helium is injected in a short gas puff from the outside of the plasma, is observed to reach the plasma core, and then is readily from the plasma. Active He pumping is found to be a valuable technique for discriminating the actual He confinement time from {tau}*{sub He}, which is strongly dependent on recycling. Active charge-exchange spectroscopy is used to study the exhaust and transport of He{sup 2+} within the plasma, and the density evolution is modeled with the diffusive/convective transport code, MIST. 8 refs., 3 figs.