简介：TheExperimentalAdvanced.SuperconductingTokamak(EAST)isbeingbuiltinChinatoachievehighpowerandlongpulseoperationforstudiesofreactor-relevantissuesundersteady-stateconditions.AmajorconcernforEASTisthepowerhandlingcapabilityofthedivertortargetplates,whichisacriticalissueforfuturehigh-poweredsteady-statetokamaks,suchasITER.DetailedmodelingusingB2/EIRENEcodepackageandthemostrecentchemicalsputteringdatashowsthatthepresenceofstrongchemicalsputteringatthemainchamberwallleadstostrongcarbonradiationintheperipheryoftheconfinedplasma,significantlyreducingtheheatfluxestothetargetplatesandfacilitatingplasmadetachmentatalowerdensitydesiredforlowerhybridcurrentdriveinEAST,withonlyaslightincreaseinZ_(eff)attheedge.Thetargetheatloadcanbefurtherreducedbyoperatingwithadouble-nulldivertorconfiguration,whichalsoleadstoasignificantreductionintheedgeZ_(eff).However,thecodepredictsthatthedouble-nulloperationwouldresultinastrongdivertorasymmetryintargetpowerloading,favoringtheoutsidetargets.