Developing maintainability in controlled thermonuclear reactors. Progress report, October 1, 1977--April 30, 1978

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6624121· OSTI ID:6624121

Zahn, H S

During the period 1 October 1977 through 30 April 1978 the study has completed work on Task 6, Candidate Reference Systems. Four candidate reference systems have been defined. These are based on the conceptual designs of the UWMAK-III, the General Atomic Company Demonstration Power Reactor, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Cassette defined in the Demonstration Power Study and the Culham laboratory Mark II Reactors. These reactor concepts are normalized to 3000 MW/sub th/ and near minimum cost of electricity. In addition, designs of four major subsystems have been selected and defined for application to these reactors. These include a primary coolant system, primary and secondary vacuum zone systems, the neutral beam injection system and the magnetic field system. These magnet systems are unique to each reactor. The cases for which maintenance plans are being developed in Task 7 have been selected to allow evaluation of design features, particularly the vacuum wall locations, and the impacts of unscheduled and contact maintenance of subsystems on the cost of electricity.

• Research Organization: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., St. Louis, MO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6624121
• Report Number(s): COO-4184-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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