Published December 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

DEMO plant design beyond ITER

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

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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

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Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.