Document Details
Title:
FUSION DEVICE ASSEMBLY
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:
1975 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097714
Document Number(s):
DOE7510707
Originating Research Org.:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
IN AN EFFORT TO CLOSELY DUPLICATE THE FUSION FIRES OF THE SUN DOES PRI NCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LAB IS CONSTRUCTING A DEVICE LARGE ENOUGH TO ACH IEVE THE PRODUCTION OF FUSION ENERGY. HERE TECHNICIANS ASSEMBLE THE T OROIDAL FIELD COILS OF THE PRINCETON LARGE TORUS (PLT) THERMONUCLEAR R ESEARCH DEVICE. THE RESEARCH MACHINE IS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE THE T HREE CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR PRACTICAL FUSION - ADEQUATE CONFINEMENT P LASMA DENSITY AND SUFFICIENT HEATING. HOWEVER BECAUSE IT IS IMPLER TO WORK WITH THE PLT WILL USE HYDROGEN GAS AS A FUEL INSTEAD OF DEUTERIU M AND TRITIUM THE FUELS PROJECTED FOR USE IN THE FIRST LARGE SCALE FUS ION REACTORS. THE PLT IS THE LAST STEP BEFORE CONSTRUCTION OF A DEVIC E TO DEMONSTRATE THE SCIENTIFIC FEASIBILITY OF CONTROLLED FUSION OF DE UTERIUM AND TRITIUM - A PROCES THAT COULD RESULT IN AN INEXHAUSTIBLE E NERGY SUPPLY.