The Mirror Fusion Test Facility: An intermediate device to a mirror fusion reactor

Conference · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States)

OSTI ID:6186353

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 from earlier magneticmirror experiments toward a future mirror fusion reactor. In fact, when the device begins operating in 1986, the Lawson criteria will almost be achieved for D-T equivalent operation, thus signifying scientific breakeven. Major steps have been taken to develop MFTF-B technologies for tandem mirrors. Steady-state, high-field, superconducting magnets at reactor-relevant scales are used in the machine. The 30-s beam pulses, ECRH, and ICRH will also introduce steady-state technologies in those systems.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Univ. of California, P.O. Box 5511/L-636, Livermore, CA 94550
• OSTI ID: 6186353
• Report Number(s): CONF-830406-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States) Journal Volume: 4:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700200* -- Fusion Energy-- Fusion Power Plant Technology
BEAM PULSERS
D-T REACTORS
DESIGN
ECR HEATING
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETS
EQUIPMENT
HEATING
HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING
ICR HEATING
LAWSON CRITERION
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MAGNETS
MFTF DEVICES
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PLASMA HEATING
STEADY-STATE FUSION REACTORS
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
TANDEM MIRRORS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS