DocumentCode
2018568
Title
Power-producing fusion reactor using presently available components
Author
Alexeff, I.
fYear
2003
fDate
5-5 June 2003
Firstpage
324
Abstract
Summary form only given, as follows. The problem with fusion reactors today is that they do not produce appreciably more power than they consume to maintain the plasma. However, this problem may be solved by considering the total fusion cycle. In the present concept, deuterium is fused with tritium to create about 17 MeV of energy per fusion. The tritium is to be regenerated by using the reaction n+/sup 6/Li=T+/sup 4/He. However, only one tritium atom is produced for every tritium atom consumed, so some neutron multiplying mechanism is required to overcome the inevitable losses in the neutron and tritium handling processes. In the present fusion concept, this neutron multiplication occurs in a spallation neutron source between the fusion neutron source and the tritium producing blanket. My observation is that this spallation neutron source can be used to augment the energy produced in the fusion power plant.
Keywords
fusion reactor blankets; fusion reactor design; neutron sources; tritium handling; 17 MeV; neutron handling; neutron multiplying mechanism; power-producing fusion reactor; spallation neutron source; total fusion cycle; tritium handling; tritium producing blanket; Electron emission; Fusion reactors; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetic separation; Magnetosphere; Neutrons; Plasmas; Production;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Science, 2003. ICOPS 2003. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 30th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Jeju, South Korea
ISSN
0730-9244
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7911-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.2003.1228911
Filename
1228911
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