A Pilot Plant: The Fastest Path to Commercial Fusion Energy

Robert J. Goldston

关键词: DIMENSIONS;    EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;    PILOT PLANTS;    POWER PLANTS;    THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS Fusion energy;   

DOI  :  10.2172/973205
RP-ID  :  PPPL-4501
PID  :  OSTI ID: 973205
Others  :  TRN: US1001909

学科分类：原子、分子光学和等离子物理

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Considerable effort has been dedicated to determining the possible properties of a magneticconfinement fusion power plant, particularly in the U.S.1, Europe2 and Japan3. There has also been some effort to detail the development path to fusion energy, particularly in the U.S.4 Only limited attention has been given, in Japan5 and in China6, to the options for a specific device to form the bridge from the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER, to commercial fusion energy. Nor has much attention been paid, since 2003, to the synergies between magnetic and inertial fusion energy development. Here we consider, at a very high level, the possibility of a Qeng ??? 1 Pilot Plant, with linear dimensions ~ 2/3 the linear dimensions of a commercial fusion power plant, as the needed bridge. As we examine the R&D needs for such a system we find significant synergies between the needs for the development of magnetic and inertial fusion energy.