Reference mirror hybrid fusion-fission reactor design

Conference · Wed Jun 08 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:7210371

Bender, D J; Lee, J D; Neef, W S

The status of the reference mirror hybrid reactor design being performed by LLL and General Atomic is summarized. The reactor parameters have been chosen to minimize the cost of producing fissile fuel for consumption in fission power reactors. The design draws on the experience developed at LLL in previous hybrid reactor conceptual designs and on GA expertise in gas-cooling technology and fission reactor mechanical design. As in the past, we have emphasized the use of existing technology where possible and a minimum extrapolation of technology otherwise. We consider our projections for the plasma physics parameters to be conservative, in that they are well-founded on the experiments in 2XIIB and the interpretation of these experiments.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7210371
• Report Number(s): UCRL-79093; CONF-770611-19
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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COST
DESIGN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FUEL CYCLE
HYBRID REACTORS
SPECIFICATIONS