Development of the cascade inertial-confinement-fusion reactor

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5792509

Pitts, J H

Caqscade, originally conceived as a football-shaped, steel-walled reactor containing a Li/sub 2/O granule blanket, is now envisaged as a double-cone-shaped reactor containing a two-layered (three-zone) flowing blanket of BeO and LiAlO/sub 2/ granules. Average blanket exit temperature is 1670 K and gross plant efficiency (net thermal conversion efficiency) using a Brayton cycle is 55%. The reactor has a low-activation SiC-tiled wall. It rotates at 50 rpm, and the granules are transported to the top of the heat exchanger using their peripheral speed; no conveyors or lifts are required. The granules return to the reactor by gravity. After considerable analysis and experimentation, we continue to regard Cascade as a promising reactor concept with the advantages of safety, efficiency, and low activation.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
• OSTI ID: 5792509
• Report Number(s): CONF-850310-
• Journal Information: Fusion Technol.; (United States), Vol. 8:1; Conference: 6. topical meeting on the technology of fusion energy, San Francisco, CA, USA, 3 Mar 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CASCADE REACTORS
DESIGN
INERTIAL CONFINEMENT
PERFORMANCE
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BERYLLIUM OXIDES
BRAYTON CYCLE
BREEDING BLANKETS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
LITHIUM OXIDES
RADIOACTIVATION
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CONFINEMENT
EFFICIENCY
LASER FUSION REACTORS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
700208* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology