LOTRIT - An alternative approach to ICF reactors

Conference · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Alternative Energy Sources; (United States)

OSTI ID:6853303

Miley, G H; Choi, C; Rayheh, M; Stubbins, J

All Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) reactor concepts studied to date have used D-T fueled targets combined with a ''conventional'' tritium breeding blanket as a part of the chamber design. The present study considers novel deuteriumfueled targets that breed tritium within the target itself, thus eliminating the complication of a breeding blanket. Unfortunately, the energy input requirements for simple deuterium fueled targets appear to be excessive. However, prior studies at the University of Illinois of a deuterium-fueled target that employed shock implosion of a small D-T core followed by burn propagation to ignite the surrounding deuterium layers (termed the ''AFLINT'' concept) suggested this might be possible with a reasonable energy input. AFLINT is an acronym for ''Advanced Fuel Layered Ignitor/Pellet Nurturing Tritium''. In the present study the authors undertook a conceptual study of a reactor chamber designed to capitalize on the unique features of AFLINT, especially the elimination of the tritium breeding blanket and the modified output energy split obtained by burning deuterium. Due to the relatively large energy inputs and efficiency requirements, a heavy-ion beam driver was adopted as a reference case. While this leads to a capital cost intensive plant, the cost per kilowatt electrical output is thought to be quite competitive.

• Research Organization: Fusion Studies Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
• OSTI ID: 6853303
• Report Number(s): CONF-831205-
• Journal Information: Alternative Energy Sources; (United States), Conference: 6. Miami international conference on alternative energy sources, Miami Beach, FL, USA, 12 Dec 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
DESIGN
DEUTERIUM TARGET
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
CAPITALIZED COST
FUEL PELLETS
IGNITION
POWER DEMAND
POWER GENERATION
TRITIUM RECOVERY
CONFINEMENT
COST
EFFICIENCY
PELLETS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
RECOVERY
TARGETS
700208* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology