DocumentCode
2075629
Title
Preliminary estimate of the cost breakdown for the Fusion Ignition Experiment IGNITEX
Author
Carrera, R. ; Booth, W.D. ; Gully, J.H. ; Tucker, R. ; Walls, W.A. ; Weldon, W.F. ; Werst, M.
Author_Institution
Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
fYear
1989
fDate
2-6 Oct 1989
Firstpage
1214
Abstract
A preliminary estimate of the cost breakdown for the Fusion Ignition Experiment (IGNITEX) is presented. The IGNITEX concept proposed by M.N. Rosenbluth, W.F. Weldon, and H.H. Woodson (1987) is based on B. Coppi´s idea for a compact thermonuclear experiment and has the potential to produce and control ignited plasmas at a relatively low cost ($130M). The bases for the cost savings in the basic construction of the experiment are the inexpensive magnet and power-supply technologies to be used in fabricating the proposed 20-T single-turn coil tokamak and the simplicity of design. The cost evaluation given is consistent with the degree of the development of the IGNITEX experiment, which to date has been carried out to the conceptual design level
Keywords
economics; fusion reactors; 20 T; Fusion Ignition Experiment; IGNITEX; cost breakdown; single-turn coil tokamak; Coils; Copper alloys; Costs; Electric breakdown; Fabrication; Ignition; Magnetic materials; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields; Welding;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fusion Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on
Conference_Location
Knoxville, TN
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUSION.1989.102431
Filename
102431
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