Engineering design of a compact RFP reactor (CRFPR)

The results of a previously-reported comprehensive parametric systems analysis of the Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP) were minimum-cost systems that would operate with resistive water-cooled copper coils and higher first-wall neutron current (15-20 MW/m2). These minimum cost, ''compact'' RFP reactors (CRFPRs) have system power densities that can be comparable with fission power plants and, therefore, are 10-30 times smaller than most superconducting approaches. Reported herein are initial results of a conceptual engineering design of key fusion-power-core (FPC) subsystems