DocumentCode
1657234
Title
ITER and the path of minimum risk in fusion
Author
Panarella, E.
Author_Institution
Adv. Laser & Fusion Technol. Inc., Hull, Que., Canada
fYear
1998
Firstpage
286
Abstract
Summary form only given. An analysis will be presented on ITER based on heat transfer considerations that will show the difficulties this machine will have to reach ignition. Based on this result, it will be argued that any inertial confinement scheme has a better chance to reach ignition. In particular, a case will be made for the spherical pinch, or its equivalent alternate concept, magnetized target fusion, as a scheme that offers a path of minimum risk for ignition.
Keywords
fusion reactor ignition; heat transfer; pinch effect; plasma inertial confinement; plasma toroidal confinement; plasma transport processes; ITER; heat transfer; ignition; inertial confinement scheme; magnetized target fusion; nuclear fusion; path of minimum risk; spherical pinch; Composite materials; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Hydrodynamics; Ignition; Laser fusion; Physics; Power generation economics; Radioactive materials; Tokamaks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Science, 1998. 25th Anniversary. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. 1998 IEEE International on
Conference_Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
ISSN
0730-9244
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4792-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.1998.677881
Filename
677881
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