Advanced-fuel fusion plasmas and their nuclear burning

This paper reviews the features of cat-D, scat-D, DD³He, D³He, and DT plasmas, which have been studied as advanced-fuel plasmas, through comparison using a simple core power balance analysis. It especially exemplifies the following two items that are important in advanced-fuel plasmas: (1) distortion of fuel ion velocity distribution function from the Maxwell distribution and its influence on fusion reaction coefficient, (2) nuclear elastic scattering effect on high-speed ion behavior and ion heating. Advanced-fuel plasma research is directly linked to fusion fuel control and fuel cycle research. This paper introduces one aspect of consumption supply balance research of ³He and T, which are rare fusion fuels, among advanced-fuel plasma studies. (A.O.)