Suppressed fission blanket concepts for inertial confinement fusion

A new inertial confinement fusion (ICF) hybrid reactor concept based upon the HYLIFE pure fusion reactor first wall protection concept has been developed. The features of a conceptual design based upon the HYLIFE hybrid concept are presented in this paper. These include consideration of the laser/target interaction, the cavity design, the suppressed fission blanket design, the hybrid and client LWR fuel cycles, the power plant concept, the plant cost, and a symbiotic economics analysis. Although additional work is required in several areas, the HYLIFE hybrid concept appears to be viable both technically and economically when compared with pure fusion and fast fission blanket hybrid concepts