Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF): A Low-Cost Fusion Development Path

Conference · Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:759419

Lindemuth, I R; Siemon, R E; Kirkpatrick, R C; Reinovsky, R E

Simple transport-based scaling laws are derived to show that a density and time regime intermediate between conventional magnetic confinement and conventional inertial confinement offers attractive reductions in system size and energy when compared to magnetic confinement and attractive reductions in heating power and intensity when compared to inertial confinement. This intermediate parameter space appears to be readily accessible by existing and near term pulsed power technologies. Hence, the technology of the Megagauss conference opens up an attractive path to controlled thermonuclear fusion.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 759419
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-98-4571; TRN: US0004344
• Resource Relation: Conference: Eight International Conference on Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation and Related Topics, Tallahassee, FL (US), 10/19/1998--10/23/1998; Other Information: PBD: 19 Oct 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DENSITY
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT
SCALING LAWS
TARGETS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS