DocumentCode
2112632
Title
Engineering overview of the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE)
Author
Thome, Richard J.
Author_Institution
Plasma Sci. & Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
163
Lastpage
167
Abstract
FIRE is an option for the next step in the US magnetic fusion energy program. The primary engineering requirement is to produce a pulse length of greater than 10 s with a plasma current of about 6.6 MA. The FIRE tokamak has a major radius of 2 m, and a minor radius of 0.525 m. Liquid nitrogen cooled copper coils are used for both the toroidal field (TF) and poloidal field (PF) coils. The overall engineering features of FIRE are outlined in this paper
Keywords
Tokamak devices; coils; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor ignition; nuclear engineering; 0.525 m; 2 m; Cu; FIRE; Fusion Ignition Research Experiment; engineering; poloidal field coil; tokamak; toroidal field coil; Coils; Copper; Fires; Ignition; Leg; Plasmas; Power engineering and energy; Steel; Thermal spraying; Tokamaks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fusion Engineering, 1999. 18th Symposium on
Conference_Location
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5829-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUSION.1999.849812
Filename
849812
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