SAFIRE: A systems analysis code for ICF (inertial confinement fusion) reactor economics

Technical Report · Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 1987

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6395264· OSTI ID:6395264

McCarville, T J; Meier, W R; Carson, C F; Glasgow, B B

The SAFIRE (Systems Analysis for ICF Reactor Economics) code incorporates analytical models for scaling the cost and performance of several inertial confinement fusion reactor concepts for electric power. The code allows us to vary design parameters (e.g., driver energy, chamber pulse rate, net electric power) and evaluate the resulting change in capital cost of power plant and the busbar cost of electricity. The SAFIRE code can be used to identify the most attractive operating space and to identify those design parameters with the greatest leverage for improving the economics of inertial confinement fusion electric power plants.

• Research Organization: TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (USA); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6395264
• Report Number(s): UCRL-15872-Vol.1; ON: DE87009570
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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