Title :
ITER and the path of minimum risk in fusion
Author_Institution :
Adv. Laser & Fusion Technol. Inc., Hull, Que., Canada
Abstract :
Summary form only given. An analysis will be presented on ITER based on heat transfer considerations that will show the difficulties this machine will have to reach ignition. Based on this result, it will be argued that any inertial confinement scheme has a better chance to reach ignition. In particular, a case will be made for the spherical pinch, or its equivalent alternate concept, magnetized target fusion, as a scheme that offers a path of minimum risk for ignition.
Keywords :
fusion reactor ignition; heat transfer; pinch effect; plasma inertial confinement; plasma toroidal confinement; plasma transport processes; ITER; heat transfer; ignition; inertial confinement scheme; magnetized target fusion; nuclear fusion; path of minimum risk; spherical pinch; Composite materials; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Hydrodynamics; Ignition; Laser fusion; Physics; Power generation economics; Radioactive materials; Tokamaks;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1998. 25th Anniversary. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1998 IEEE International on
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4792-7
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1998.677881
