Apollo-L2, an advanced fuel tokamak reactor utilizing direct conversion

Author

Emmert, G.A. ; Kulcinski, G.L. ; Blanchard, J.P. ; El-Guebaly, L.A. ; Khater, H.Y. ; Santarius, J.F. ; Sawan, M.E. ; Sviatoslavsky, I.N. ; Wittenberg, L.J. ; Witt, R.J.

Author_Institution

Fusion Technol. Inst., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

2-6 Oct 1989

Firstpage

1043

Abstract

A scoping study of a tokamak reactor fueled by a D-³He plasma is presented. The Apollo D-³He tokamak incorporates recent advances in high-field magnets (20 T) and utilizes rectennas to convert the synchrotron radiation directly to electricity. The low neutron wall loading (0.1 MW/m²) permits a first wall lasting the life of the plant and enables the reactor to be classified as inherently safe. The cost of electricity is less than that from a similar power level D-T reactor. Technology considerations, including heat flux considerations, reference technology, and radiation damage to structural materials are discussed

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactor theory and design; radiation effects; 20 T; Apollo-L2; D-³He plasma; advanced fuel tokamak; direct conversion; electricity cost; first wall; heat flux; high-field magnets; inherently safe; neutron wall loading; radiation damage; rectennas; reference technology; scoping study; structural materials; Energy conversion; Fuels; Helium; Inductors; Magnets; Neutrons; Plasmas; Rectennas; Synchrotron radiation; Tokamaks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1989.102392

Filename

102392