The ARIES-I Tokamak Reactor Study†
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Fusion Technology
- Vol. 19 (3P2A) , 783-790
- https://doi.org/10.13182/fst91-a29440
Abstract
The ARIES research program is a multi-institutional effort to develop several visions of tokamak reactors with enhanced economic, safety, and environmental features. Three ARIES visions are currently planned for the ARIES program. The ARIES-I design is a DT-burning reactor based on “modest” extrapolations from the present tokamak physics database and relies on either existing technology or technology for which trends are already in place, often in programs outside fusion; ARIES-II is a DT-burning reactor which will employ potential advances in physics; and ARIES-III is a conceptual D-3He reactor. The first design to be completed is ARIES-I, a 1000 MWe power reactor. The key features of ARIES-I are: (1) a passively safe and low environmental impact design because of choice of low activation material throughout the fusion power core, (2) an acceptable cost of electricity, (3) a plasma with performance as close as possible to present-day experimental achievements, (4) a high performance, low activati...Keywords
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