Controlled thermonuclear research. Annual report, July 1973--June 1974

Technical Report · Tue Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:4166342

The Controlled Thermonuclear Research (CTR) program at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory this year was marked by two major changes in the course of the experimental program: the adaption of high-power neutral beam heating in the 2X experiment, and the decision to change the startup mode in the Baseball II experiment to one in which a laser pellet technique is used to produce a transient, high-density target plasma. Supporting research centered on technologies vital to the mirror confinement program, e.g., development of intense neutral beams, of high-field superconducting magnets, and of direct energy conversion. In addition, a preliminary design study of fusion-fission hybrid systems was completed, as was a parametric study of mirror fusion reactors. The diverse experience of LLL in nuclear physics and materials research was applied to continuing 14-MeV neutron studies and tritium research. Much of the theory effort was devoted to the development of codes that describe the equilibrium of plasma under the assumption that only classical loss mechanisms prevail (both experimental and theoretical indications are that plasma loss at high density is dominated by these mechanisms). Also, both open-ended and toroidal two-component mirror systems have been studied. (auth)

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• NSA Number: NSA-33-007130
• OSTI ID: 4166342
• Report Number(s): UCRL--50002-74
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

*2X DEVICES-- RESEARCH PROGRAMS
*BASEBALL DEVICES-- RESEARCH PROGRAMS
*SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS-- RESEARCH PROGRAMS
*THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS-- RESEARCH PROGRAMS
700200* --Fusion Energy--Fusion Power Plant Technology
HYBRID SYSTEMS
N70800* --Physics--Controlled Thermonuclear Research-- Thermonuclear Engineering & Equipment
NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA HEATING
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS