DEMO plant design beyond ITER
Creators
Description
A conceptual design of a DEMO reactor for the first integrated demonstration of generating fusion plant is made under the assumption that its design and construction would be started in 2020s and its operation in 2030s. A steady-state tokamak is minimized to have 5.8 m of major radius with 2.3 GW of fusion power with energy amplification Q exceeding 30. Modest extrapolation of improved plasma physics as well as technology development such as superconducting magnet, blanket and reduced activation material are assumed. It is suggested that demonstrating the fusion as a viable source of energy in plant scale will be possible based on the successful operation of ITER, while a number of technical issues must be solved in coherent programs paralleling ITER
Additional details
Identifiers
- PII
- S0920379602002648;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Fusion Engineering and Design
- Journal Volume
- 63-64
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 11-17
- ISSN
- 0920-3796
- CODEN
- FEDEEE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34020438
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BREEDING BLANKETS; DESIGN; ITER TOKAMAK; Q-VALUE; STEADY-STATE FUSION REACTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; THERMONUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETS; ENERGY; EQUIPMENT; MAGNETS; MATERIALS; POWER PLANTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.