The Mirror Fusion Test Facility: An intermediate device to a mirror fusion reactor
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· Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States)
OSTI ID:6186353
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-; TRN: 84-027340
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. Technol./Fusion; (United States), Vol. 4:2; Conference: 5. topical meeting on technology of fusion energy, Knoxville, TN, USA, 26 Apr 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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