Findings of the US research needs workshop on the topic of fusion power

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Fusion Engineering and Design

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2009.10.008· OSTI ID:1054856

Meier, W. R.; Raffray, A. R.; Kurtz, R. J.; Morley, N. B.; Reiersen, W. T.; Sharpe, P.; Willms, S.

The US Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) conducted a Research Needs Workshop, referred to as ReNeW, in June 2009. The information developed at this workshop will help OFES develop a plan for US fusion research during the ITER era, roughly the next two decades. The workshop was organized in five Themes, one of which was Harnessing Fusion Power (or Fusion Power for short). The top level goal of the Fusion Power Theme was to identify the research needed to develop the knowledge to design and build, with high confidence, robust and reliable systems that can convert fusion products to useful forms of energy in a reactor environment, including a self-sufficient supply of tritium fuel. Each Theme was subsequently subdivided into Panels to address specific topics. The Fusion Power Panel topics were: Fusion Fuel Cycle; Power Extraction; Materials Science; Safety and Environment; and Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Inspectability (RAMI). Finally, here we present the key findings of the Fusion Power Theme.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1054856
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-78786; AT6020100
• Journal Information: Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 85, Issue 7-9; ISSN 0920-3796
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English