Toroidal reactor

Title: Toroidal reactor

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Method for producing fusion power wherein a neutral beam is injected into a toroidal bulk plasma to produce fusion reactions during the time permitted by the slowing down of the particles from the injected beam in the bulk plasma.

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Dawson, John M ^[1]; Furth, Harold P ^[2]; Tenney, Fred H ^[2]

Pacific Palisades, CA
Princeton, NJ

Issue Date:: 1988-12-06

Research Org.:: US Atomic Energy Commission

OSTI Identifier:: 875221

Patent Number(s):: H554

Application Number:: 06/354,418

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: toroidal; reactor; method; producing; fusion; power; neutral; beam; injected; bulk; plasma; produce; reactions; time; permitted; slowing; particles; neutral beam; fusion power; fusion reaction; injected beam; reactor method; fusion reactions; time permit; bulk plasma; /376/976/

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                    Dawson, John M, Furth, Harold P, and Tenney, Fred H. Toroidal reactor.  United States: N. p., 1988. 
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                    Dawson, John M, Furth, Harold P, & Tenney, Fred H. Toroidal reactor.  United States.

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