Progress in developing the STFNSF configuration

Author

Brown, Tyler ; Menard, J. ; Titus, P. ; Zolfaghari, A. ; El Guebaly, L. ; Mynsberge, L.

Author_Institution

Princeton Plasma Phys. Lab., Princeton, NJ, USA

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The design features developed for the Spherical Tokamak (ST) in the PPPL pilot plant study was used as the starting point in developing designs to meet the mission of a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) considering a range of machine sizes based on the influence of tritium consumption and maintenance strategies. The compact nature of a steady state operated ST device for this mission pushes operating conditions and places challenges in the design of components, device maintenance and the integration of supports and services. This paper reviews the general arrangement, design details and maintenance strategy of the ST-FNSF device core for a 1.6-m and 1.0-m device; operating points which bracket the region between purchasing and breeding tritium.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; plasma toroidal confinement; tritium handling; Fusion Nuclear Science Facility; PPPL pilot plant study; ST-FNSF device core design details; ST-FNSF device core maintenance strategy; STFNSF configuration development designs; breeding tritium; component design; device maintenance; machine sizes; maintenance strategies; operating conditions; operating points; service integration; spherical tokamak; steady state operated ST device; support integration; tritium consumption; Coils; Heating; Legged locomotion; Maintenance engineering; Plasmas; Power supplies; Superconducting magnets; dpa; fusion; spherical tokamak;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 2013 IEEE 25th Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0169-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOFE.2013.6635333

Filename

6635333