Title :
Overview of the US stellarator reactor study
Author :
Lyon, J.F. ; Gulec, K. ; Miller, R.L. ; El-Guebaly, L.
Author_Institution :
Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA
Abstract :
This study, which uses a cost-minimization code that incorporates the ARIES costing and reactor component models with a 1-D energy transport calculation, shows that a torsatron reactor could be competitive with a tokamak reactor
Keywords :
costing; fusion reactor design; fusion reactors; nuclear engineering computing; stellarators; 1D energy transport; ARIES costing model; US stellarator reactor study; cost-minimization code; fusion reactor; reactor component model; tokamak reactor; torsatron reactor; Coils; Costing; Geometry; Inductors; Laboratories; Magnetic separation; Plasma transport processes; Steady-state; Superconducting magnets; Tokamaks;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hyannis, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1412-3
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1993.518361
