The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B)--status

Conference · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5876997

Karpenko, V N

The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B), now under construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, represents more than an order-ofmagnitude 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 reactorelevant scales. The 30-s beam pulses, ECRH, and ICRH will also introduce near steady-state technologies into those systems.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, CA
• OSTI ID: 5876997
• Report Number(s): CONF-850310-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Fusion Technol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 8:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETS
EQUIPMENT
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OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
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STEADY-STATE FUSION REACTORS
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TMR REACTORS