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Emmert, G.A.; El-Guebaly, L.; Kulcinski, G.L.; Santarius, J.F.; Scharer, J.E.; Sviatoslavsky, I.N.; Walstrom, P.L.; Klinghoefer, R.; Wittenberg, J.L.
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe G.m.b.H. (Germany, F.R.). Projekt Kernfusion; Fusion Power Associates, Gaithersburg, MD (USA)1988
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe G.m.b.H. (Germany, F.R.). Projekt Kernfusion; Fusion Power Associates, Gaithersburg, MD (USA)1988
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[en] The recent realization that the moon contains a large amount of the isotope 3He has rekindled interest in the D-3He fuel cycle. In this study we consider the feasibility of investigating D-3He reactor plasma conditions in a tokamak of the NET/INTOR class. We have found that, depending on the energy confinement scaling law, energy breakeven may be achieved without significant modification to the NET design. The best results are for the more optimistic ASDEX H-mode scaling law. Kaye-Goldston scaling with a modest improvement due to the H-mode is more pessimistic and makes achieving breakeven more difficult. Significant improvement in Q (ratio of the fusion power to the injected power), or the ignition margin, can be achieved by taking advantage of the much reduced neutron production of the D-3He fuel cycle. Removal of the tritium producing blanket and replacing the inboard neutron shield by a thinner shield optimized for the neutron spectrum in D-3He allows the plasma to be increased without changing the magnetic field at the toroidal field magnet. This allows the plasma to achieve higher beta and Q values up to about 3. The implications of D-3He operation for fast ion loss, neutron shielding, heat loads on the first wall and divertor, plasma refuelling, changes to the poloidal field coil system, and pumping of the helium from the vacuum chamber are considered in the report. (orig.)
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Sep 1988; 151 p; FPA--88-2
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ABLATION, ALPHA PARTICLES, ASDEX TOKAMAK, BETA RATIO, BREAKEVEN, BREEDING BLANKETS, DEUTERIUM, DIVERTORS, ENERGY BALANCE, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, FIRST WALL, FUEL CYCLE, FUEL PELLETS, HELIUM 3, ICR HEATING, IONS, MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT, MAGNETIC FIELDS, NET TOKAMAK, NEUTRONS, Q-VALUE, SCALING LAWS, SHIELDING, THERMONUCLEAR FUELS, THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION, TOKAMAK DEVICES, WALL LOADING
BARYONS, CHARGED PARTICLES, CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES, CONFINEMENT, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, ENERGY, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, FERMIONS, FUELS, HADRONS, HEATING, HELIUM IONS, HELIUM ISOTOPES, HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING, HYDROGEN ISOTOPES, IONIZING RADIATIONS, ISOTOPES, LIGHT NUCLEI, NUCLEI, NUCLEONS, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, PLASMA CONFINEMENT, PLASMA HEATING, POWER DENSITY, RADIATIONS, STABLE ISOTOPES, THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES, THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
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