Plasma and current drive parameter options for a megawatt range fusion neutron source

Author

Kuteev, B.V. ; Borisov, A.A. ; Golikov, A.A. ; Khripunov, V.I. ; Lukash, V.E. ; Popova, E.V. ; Savrukhin, P.V. ; Goncharov, P.R. ; Sergeev, V.Yu. ; Gryaznevich, M.

Author_Institution

RRC Kurchatov Inst., Moscow, Russia

fYear

2009

fDate

1-5 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Tokamak-based MW-range fusion neutron sources are needed for the development of innovative neutron technologies, mainly for the control of sub-critical active zones of fast nuclear reactors, for closing the nuclear fuel cycle, for neutron research purposes and also for nuclear technologies relevant to DEMO. In this paper a possibility of reducing the tokamak size while achieving steady-state plasma discharges with the fusion power up to 10 MW is discussed. It is assumed that the total auxiliary heating and current drive power does not exceed 15 MW and the total power consumption is below 30 MW. The possible parameter options and operation scenarios are described.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor ignition; fusion reactor operation; neutron sources; plasma heating; plasma simulation; DEMO; auxiliary heating; current drive parameter; fast nuclear reactors; fusion power; megawatt range fusion neutron source; nuclear fuel cycle; plasma simulation; steady-state plasma discharges; subcritical active zones; tokamak size; Costs; Fission reactors; Magnetic flux; Magnetic shielding; Neutrons; Plasma sources; Steady-state; Superconducting coils; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields; fusion neutron source; steady state operation; tokamak;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 2009. SOFE 2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2635-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2636-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226382

Filename

5226382