Fusion breeder

Conference · Tue Apr 20 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5182768

Moir, R W

The fusion breeder is a fusion reactor designed with special blankets to maximize the transmutation by 14 MeV neutrons of uranium-238 to plutonium or thorium to uranium-233 for use as a fuel for fission reactors. Breeding fissile fuels has not been a goal of the US fusion energy program. This paper suggests it is time for a policy change to make the fusion breeder a goal of the US fusion program and the US nuclear energy program. The purpose of this paper is to suggest this policy change be made and tell why it should be made, and to outline specific research and development goals so that the fusion breeder will be developed in time to meet fissile fuel needs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5182768
• Report Number(s): UCRL-87290-Rev.1; CONF-820351-1Rev.1; ON: DE82013794; TRN: 82-014539
• Resource Relation: Conference: National Science Foundation policy workshop, Washington, DC, USA, 4 Mar 1982; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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