Configurational issues and the evolution of the Mirror Fusion Test Facility upgrade

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6440139

O'Toole, J A

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Fusion Engineering Design Center (FEDC) have been conducting a study concerning the upgrade of the Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF). With MFTF-upgrade, program emphasis will begin to shift away from resolving specific issues toward systems integration of all the subsystems of a tandem mirror reactor. All of the upgrade options considered call for deuterium-tritium (D-T)-burning plasmas and, hence, systems integration in the necessary but difficult nuclear environment of a reactor. The preferred option, MFTF-..cap alpha..+T, has three main objectives: (1) to extend physics performance to Q equivalent to 2 in a D-T plasma, (2) to gain experience in tandem mirror systems integration in a nuclear environment, and (3) to provide a unique capability for operating a power-producing section of a fusion reactor at reactor-like parameters. In this paper, the evolution of the MFTF-upgrade configuration to the preferred option is outlined, the important configurational issues for the upgrade are discussed, and a brief description of the selected configuration is presented.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6440139
• Report Number(s): CONF-831203-173; ON: DE85000951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DESIGN
DEUTERIUM
ENERGY
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
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ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PLANNING
Q-VALUE
RADIOISOTOPES
SPECIFICATIONS
STABLE ISOTOPES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES