• 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