Conceptual design strategy for liquid-metal-wall inertial-fusion reactors

Conference · Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6328895

Monsler, M J; Meier, W R

The liquid-metal-wall chamber has emerged as an attractive reactor concept for inertial fusion energy conversion. The principal feature of this concept is a thick, free-flowing blanket of liquid metal used to protect the structure of the reactor. The development and design of liquid-metal-wall chambers over the past decade provides a basis for formulating a conceptual design strategy for such chambers. Both the attractive and unattractive features of a LMW chamber are enumerated, and a design strategy is formulated which accommodates the engineering constraints while minimizing the liquid-metal flow rate.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6328895
• Report Number(s): UCRL-84881(Rev.1); CONF-810801-39(Rev.1); TRN: 81-013059
• Resource Relation: Conference: 6. international conference on structural mechanics in reactor technology, Paris, France, 17 Aug 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LIQUID METALS
CONFINEMENT
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
LIQUIDS
METALS
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