An Economically Competitive Fusion Reactor
- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Nuclear Society in Fusion Technology
- Vol. 30 (3P2B) , 1631-1635
- https://doi.org/10.13182/fst96-a11963184
Abstract
A reactor concept is proposed to improve economical competitiveness of the tokamak fusion reactor with aggressive physics and engineering assumptions. Key elements are high field magnets with Bmax=21T with high normalized beta βN=4.2 with 80% bootstrap current fraction and the radiative divertor. The power plant should have large net electric power (~3.4GWe) with twin tokamak reactors. Significant simplification of tokamak auxiliary system is also required.Keywords
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