Physics guidelines for the Compact Ignition Tokamak

Conference · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6833311

Sheffield, J; Dory, R A; Houlberg, W A; Uckan, N A; Bell, M; Colestock, P; Hosea, J; Kaye, S; Petravic, M; Post, D

The goal of the Compact Ignition Tokamak (CIT) program is to provide a cost-effective route to the production of a burning deuterium-tritium plasma, so that alpha-particle effects may be studied. A key issue to be studied in the CIT is whether alpha power behaves like other power sources in affecting tokamak plasma confinement. The program is managed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and includes broad community involvement. Guidelines for the preliminary design effort have been provided by the Ignition Technical Oversight Committee in discussion with the tokamak community. The reference design is a tokamak with a high field (10 T), high current (10 MA), a poloidal divertor, and liquid-nitrogen-cooled coils. It is a small, high-power-density device of the type proposed by Bruno Coppi (MIT). It has a major radius of 1.23 m, a minor radius of 0.43 m, and a plasma ellipticity of 1.8. This paper reviews the aims of the program and the basis for the physics guidelines. The role of the CIT in the longer-term tokamak program is briefly discussed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., P.O. Box Y, Oak Ridge, TN 37831
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6833311
• Report Number(s): CONF-860652-; TRN: 87-007559
• Journal Information: Fusion Technol.; (United States), Vol. 10:3; Conference: 7. topical meeting on the technology of fusion energy, Reno, NV, USA, 15 Jun 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPACT IGNITION TOKAMAK
REVIEWS
ALPHA PARTICLES
COST
DEUTERIUM
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PLANNING
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA PRODUCTION
POLOIDAL FIELD DIVERTORS
POWER DENSITY
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TRITIUM
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHARGED PARTICLES
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONFINEMENT
CURRENTS
DIVERTORS
DOCUMENT TYPES
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
STABLE ISOTOPES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
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TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
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