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Design considerations in inertially-confined fusion reactors

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7348636· OSTI ID:7348636
This paper discusses the effects of short time pulses of energetic particles and waves typical of inertially-confined thermonuclear reactions on the first wall, blanket and shield of conceptual reactors. Several reactor designs are presented which attempt to cope with the various problems from the microexplosion debris. Fusion-fission hybrid reactors are also discussed. Emphasis is placed on the first-wall problems of laser-initiated, inertially confined fusion reactors using the deuterium-tritium fuel cycle.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
7348636
Report Number(s):
UCRL-78499
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700208* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Inertial Confinement Technology
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BREEDING BLANKETS
DESIGN
DEUTERIUM
FIRST WALL
FISSION
HYBRID REACTORS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LASER FUSION REACTORS
LIGHT NUCLEI
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SHIELDING
STABLE ISOTOPES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TRITIUM
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES