Tritium and fissile fuel exchange between hybrids, fission power reactors, and tritium production reactors
Journal Article
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· Nucl. Technol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5422718
A mathematical model extending work by Gordon and Harms is developed to describe the fissile fuel and tritium flows in a fusion-fission system consisting of a fusion hybrid reactor, a tritium production reactor, and several fission power reactors. The hybrid reactor plays the role of a fuel factory, providing the fission reactors and the tritium production reactor with their fissile fuel needs. The tritium production reactor ( a fission reactor) is devoted primarily to producing tritium for subsequent use in the hybrid. Different combinations of these systems are found by shifting the tritium breeding function among the various parts. At steady state, the total thermal power in fission reactors per unit of fusion power depends only on the total conversion ratio of the fission reactors and the hybrid. An economic analysis is required to determine which combination of systems will produce electricity at the lowest costs.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
- OSTI ID:
- 5422718
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 47:3; ISSN NUTYB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING
BREEDING RATIO
CONVERSION RATIO
COST
FUEL CYCLE
HYBRID REACTORS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
IRRADIATION REACTORS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
POWER REACTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
700205* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Fuel
Heating
& Injection Systems
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING
BREEDING RATIO
CONVERSION RATIO
COST
FUEL CYCLE
HYBRID REACTORS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
IRRADIATION REACTORS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUCLEAR FUEL CONVERSION
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
POWER REACTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
TRITIUM
TRITIUM PRODUCTION REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES