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Advanced-fueled fusion reactors suitable for direct energy conversion. First quarterly progress report: January 1976--March 1976

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7350309

By using ''advanced fuels,'' it is possible to propose fusion reactor designs that yield a high percentage of the reaction energy in the form of energetic charged particles. Such reactors seem well suited for use with direct energy converters. This project studies the design of the direct energy converters for this application and the neutral-beam injectors which will be used for fueling and heating the reactor. A lowest mean energy for the use of the Venetian blind direct converter is discussed. Curves of the projected performance of neutral-beam injectors that extract, accelerate, and neutralize positive ions are shown.

Research Organization:
California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
7350309
Report Number(s):
UCRL-50039-76-1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English