Multipoles and surmacs II: engineering

Though the engineering of multipoles is in many ways simpler than for toruses with strong toroidal and poloidal fields, the feasibility of multiple floating rings in a reactor environment is of great concern, since it has never been demonstrated even in theory. This article discusses engineering considerations for multipoles and surmacs. Included in this discussion are advanced fuel cycles, design of superconducting rings, reactor design, and ring stability. Specifications detailed include advanced fuel reactivities compared to DT, reactivity enhancement factors, superconducting ring designs, neutron energy distribution, neutron flux, geometry of a floating coil designed for an axisymmetric mirror, a passive quadrant stabilizer for a floating ring, a cryogenic octupole designed for test of scaling laws, first-wall design for absorption of x-ray energy output, high-efficiency heat engine employing high-Z driver gas, and ion beam heating of a surmac reactor