Developing maintainability for fusion power systems. Final report
The overall purpose of the study is to identify design features of fusion power reactors which contribute to the achievement of high levels of maintainability. Previous phases evaluated several commercial tokamak reactor design concepts. This final phase compares the maintainability of a tandem mirror reactor (TMR) commercial conceptual design with the most maintainable tokamak concept selected from earlier work. A series of maintainability design guidelines and desirable TMR design features are defined. The effects of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance for most of the reactor subsystems are defined. The comparison of the TMR and tokamak reactor maintenance costs and availabilities show that both reactors have similar costs for scheduled maintenance at 19.4 and 20.8 million dollars annually and similar scheduled downtime availability impacts, achieving approximate availabilities of 79% at optimized maintenance intervals and cost of electricity.
- Research Organization:
- McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., St. Louis, MO (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5515951
- Report Number(s):
- COO-4184-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700209* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Component Development & Materials Testing
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
DESIGN
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FIRST WALL
MAGNET COILS
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
MAINTENANCE
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TMR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
700209* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Component Development & Materials Testing
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
DESIGN
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FIRST WALL
MAGNET COILS
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
MAINTENANCE
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TMR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS