Mirror Fusion Test Facility: an intermediate device to a mirror fusion reactor
The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B) now under construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory represents more than an order-of-magnitude step from earlier magnetic-mirror experiments toward a future mirror fusion reactor. In fact, when the device begins operating in 1986, the Lawson criteria of ntau = 10/sup 14/ cm/sup -3/.s will almost be achieved for D-T equivalent operation, thus signifying scientific breakeven. Major steps have been taken to develop MFTF-B technologies for tandem mirrors. Steady-state, high-field, superconducting magnets at reactor-revelant scales are used in the machine. The 30-s beam pulses, ECRH, and ICRH will also introduce steady-state technologies in those systems.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5229970
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-88950; CONF-830406-113; ON: DE84002783
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. topical meeting on technology of fusion energy, Knoxville, TN, USA, 26 Apr 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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