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Status of fusion research and implications for d/he-3 systems
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Miley, George H. |
| Copyright Year | 1988 |
| Description | World wide programs in both magnetic confinement and inertial confinement fusion research have made steady progress towards the experimental demonstration of energy breakeven. However, after breakeven is achieved, considerable time and effort must still be expended to develop a usable power plant. The main program described is focused on Deuterium-Tritium devices. In magnetic confinement, three of the most promising high beta approaches with a reasonable experimental data base are the Field Reversed Configuration, the high field tokamak, and the dense Z-pinch. The situation is less clear in inertial confinement where the first step requires an experimental demonstration of D/T spark ignition. It appears that fusion research has reached a point in time where an R and D plan to develop a D/He-3 fusion reactor can be laid out with some confidence of success. |
| File Size | 844965 |
| Page Count | 27 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890005474 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1qg3m526 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1988-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Plasma Physics Deuterium Costs Helium Isotopes Fusion Reactors Project Planning Tokamak Devices Reactor Design Reactor Technology Plasma Control Inertial Confinement Fusion Nuclear Research Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
