Reference design for the standard mirror hybrid reactor

Technical Report · Mon May 22 00:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6874891· OSTI ID:6874891

Bender, D J; Fink, J H; Galloway, T R; Kastenberg, W E; Lee, J D; Devoto, R S; Neef, Jr, W S; Schultz, K R; Culver, D W; Rao, S B; Rao, S R

This report describes the results of a two-year study by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and General Atomic Co. to develop a conceptual design for the standard (minimum-B) mirror hybrid reactor. The reactor parameters have been chosen to minimize the cost of producing nuclear fuel (/sup 239/Pu) for consumption in fission power reactors (light water reactors). The deuterium-tritium plasma produces approximately 400 MW of fusion power with a plasma Q of 0.64. The fast-fission blanket, which is fueled with depleted uranium and lithium, generates sufficient tritium to run the reactor, has a blanket energy multiplication of M = 10.4, and has a net fissile breeding ratio of Pu/n = 1.51. The reactor has a net electrical output of 600 MWe, a fissile production of 2000 kg of plutonium per year (at a capacity factor of 0.74), and a net plant efficiency of 0.18. The plasma-containment field is generated by a Yin-Yang magnet using NbTi superconductor, and the neutral beam system uses positive-ion acceleration with beam direct conversion. The spherical blanket is based on gas-cooled fast reactor technology. The fusion components, blanket, and primary heat-transfer loop components are all contained within a prestressed-concrete reactor vessel, which provides magnet restraint and supports the primary heat-transfer loop and the blanket.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6874891
• Report Number(s): UCRL-52478; GA-A-14796; TRN: 78-019530
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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