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Compact Reversed-Field Pinch Reactors (CRFPR): preliminary engineering considerations

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6332214· OSTI ID:6332214
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The unique confinement physics of the Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP) projects to a compact, high-power-density fusion reactor that promises a significant reduction in the cost of electricity. The compact reactor also promises a factor-of-two reduction in the fraction of total cost devoted to the reactor plant equipment (i.e., fusion power core (FPC) plus support systems). In addition to operational and developmental benefits, these physically smaller systems can operate economically over a range of total power output. After giving an extended background and rationale for the compact fusion approaches, key FPC subsystems for the Compact RFP Reactor (CRFPR) are developed, designed, and integrated for a minimum-cost, 1000-MWe(net) system. Both the problems and promise of the compact, high-power-density fusion reactor are quantitatively evaluated on the basis of this conceptual design. The material presented in this report both forms a framework for a broader, more expanded conceptual design as well as suggests directions and emphases for related research and development.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6332214
Report Number(s):
LA-10200-MS; ON: DE85002351
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700200* -- Fusion Energy-- Fusion Power Plant Technology
BREEDING BLANKETS
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
COMPACT TORUS
COST
DESIGN
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY BALANCE
ENGINEERING
EQUIPMENT
FIRST WALL
MAGNET COILS
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NEUTRON TRANSPORT
OPTIMIZATION
PINCH EFFECT
RADIATION TRANSPORT
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
SHIELDING
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
TORI