A First Generation Fusion Reactor Using the D-3He Cycle. (3rd April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mazzucato, E.
• Is Part Of: Fusion science and technology. Volume 77:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 173
• Page End: 179
• Publication Date: 2021-04-03
• Subjects: Fusion reactor scheme -- deuterium–helium3 cycle -- racetrack configuration -- helical windings; Fusion reactors -- Periodicals; Nuclear fusion -- Periodicals; Fusion reactors; Nuclear fusion; Periodicals; 621.48405
• DOI: 10.1080/15361055.2020.1858673
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1536-1055

Abstract

Abstract: With the goal of reducing the radiation damage and radioactive waste that will occur in a tokamak reactor using the deuterium-tritium cycle, this paper proposes a new magnetic scheme capable of confining hot and dense deuterium–helium3 plasmas. It consists of two 200-m-long cylindrical plasmas connected by semicircular sections to form a racetrack configuration. The reactor should be capable of producing from 7.8 to 13 GW of fusion power when operating at electron densities of 2 × 10 20 m −3, temperature 40 keV, and density ratios of the two reactants from 1:2 to 2:1.