Title :
Reference scenario for an advanced deuterium power plant system
Author :
Sheffield, John ; Batchelor, Donald ; Zinkle, Steven ; Sawan, Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA
Abstract :
The proposal is to make large deuterium (D-D) magnetic fusion power plants in which some (most) of the tritium produced by fusion is removed and stored. This tritium will ultimately decay to helium-3 that will be recycled to supplement the helium-3 produced by fusion. Thus the dominant fusion becomes that of deuterium and helium-3. The level of neutron damage is reduced very substantially from that for a D-T power plant.
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor theory; neutron effects; plasma toroidal confinement; D; T; deuterium magnetic fusion power plants; deuterium power plant system; neutron damage; tokamak; tritium; Alpha particles; Cyclotrons; Deuterium; Laboratories; Neutrons; Plasmas; Power generation; Production; Proposals; Recycling;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 2002. 19th Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7073-2
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.2002.1027688