Document Details
Title:
ORMAK - FUSION RESEARCH DEVICE
Author(s):
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1974 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097333
Document Number(s):
ERDA7410296
Originating Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
ONE OF SEVERAL RESEARCH DEVICES IN THE ERDAS PROGRAM TO HARNESS THE PO WER OF FUSION IS THE ORMAK AN EXPERIMENT LOCATED AT ERDAS ORNL. ORMAK IS BEING USED TO TEST A SPECIAL TECHNIQUE OF HEATING CALLED NEUTRAL B EAM INJECTION. NEUTRAL BEAM INJECTION IS A MAJOR APPROACH TO ACHIEVIN G THE NECESSARY REACTION TEMPERATURE (IN THE RANGE OF 100,000,000 DEGR EES C.) REQUIRED FOR THERMONUCLEAR FUSION. DURING CONSTRUCTION A WORK ER INSPECTS THE VERTICAL MAGNETIC COILS THAT SURROUND ORMAKS DOUGHNUT- SHAPED PLASMA REGION. THE COILS IN TURN ARE SURROUNDED BY THE INCH TH ICK ALUMINUM SHELL SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH. THESE COILS WILL CREATE A POWERFUL MAGNETIC "BOTTLE" THAT WILL PREVENT THE PLASMA FROM TOUCHING THE SOLID WALLS. SHOULD THE SUPER HEATED PLASMA COME IN CONTACT WITH THE WALLS IT WOULD BE COOLED AND THE FUSION REACTION WOULD BE QUENCHED .