APPARATUS TO PRODUCE CONTROLLED NUCLEAR FUSION REACTIONS

Patent · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4096498

The patent describes an apparatus for producing controlled nuclear fusion reactions in a gas discharge in a toroidal vessel containing on the inside a toroidal insert of high resistance. This inner torus carries a series of separate conductors along its smaller circumference; these serve to counteract the penetration of the stabilizing axial magnetic field to the inside of the inner torus. If the inner torus has an undulating surface (e.g., undulations in the direction of the circular axis), the conductors can conveniently be rings lying in the troughs of the undulations. The axis of the inner torus can coincide with the equilibrium axis of the discharge. (NPO)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-15-010309
• OSTI ID: 4096498
• Report Number(s): FR 1211240
• Country of Publication: France
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CONFIGURATION
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
GASES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PHYSICS
PLANNING
STABILITY
SURFACES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TORUS
VESSELS