Magnet technology for the Engineering Test Reactor

Author

Henning, C.D. ; Miller, J.R.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., California Univ., CA, USA

Volume

24

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1299

Lastpage

1302

Abstract

The TIBER (Tokamak Ignition/Burn Engineering Reactor) II, being pursued as the US option for an international Engineering Test Reactor, is described. The design can accommodate the conservative Kaye-Goldston confinement scaling, double-poloidal divertors for impurity control, steady-state current drive, and nuclear testing. Minimum neutron shielding, compact structures, divertor, and high-current-density magnets all contribute to the compact size. However, the thin neutron shield (less than 50 cm in places) not only increases nuclear heating in the toroidal field coil, but requires increased radiation tolerance of the superconductors and insulators. Nominal parameters for TIBER II are given.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor theory and design; radiation protection; superconducting magnets; Engineering Test Reactor; Kaye-Goldston confinement scaling; TIBER II; Tokamak Ignition/Burn Engineering Reactor; double-poloidal divertors; magnets; neutron shielding; nuclear heating; nuclear testing; radiation tolerance; steady-state current drive; Ignition; Impurities; Inductors; Magnetic confinement; Neutrons; Steady-state; Superconducting magnets; Testing; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.11476

Filename

11476