Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B): status

Conference · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5581380

Karpenko, V N

The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B), now under construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, represents more than an order-of-magnitude step up from earlier magnetic mirror experiments on the way to a future mirror fusion reactor. In fact, when the device begins operating in 1988, it will be capable of achieving plasma performance approaching scientific breakeven for D-T equivalent operation. We have taken major steps to develop MFTF-B technologies for tandem mirrors. In the machine, we will use steady-state, high-field, superconducting magnets on reactor-relevant scales. The 30-s beam pulses, ECRH, and ICRH will also introduce near steady-state technologies into those systems.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5581380
• Report Number(s): UCRL-92247; CONF-850310-107; ON: DE85012953
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700200* -- Fusion Energy-- Fusion Power Plant Technology
CONTAINERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MAGNET COILS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MFTF DEVICES
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PERFORMANCE
PRESSURE VESSELS
REVIEWS
SPECIFICATIONS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES