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Internal image of the three-barrel repeating pneumatic deuterium pellet injector used on DIII-D for pellet ELM pacing experiments.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed pellet injector is installed on the DIII-D tokamak for fueling and plasma edge control experiments.

View of the drive shaft gears and top of the twin-screw extruder mechanism of the prototype developed for ITER.

A tritium-compatible pump is part of a test stand used to assess pumping speed and pump reliability.

A twin-screw extruder prototype developed at ORNL

Internal view of a pellet guide tube selector test unit.

Shattered pellet injection component installed in a test stand at ORNL.

Pellet injection guide tube selector test unit.

An early twin-screw extruder prototype for fueling.

A view of the different barrels of the shattered pellet injection prototype.

3 barrel shattered pellet injector prototype installed in an open vacuum box in the pellet lab at ORNL.

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