Title :
A preliminary systems assessment of the Starlite Demo candidates
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fDate :
30 Sep-5 Oct 1995
Abstract :
The Starlite project has evaluated the following five tokamaks as candidates for the US Demo Power Plant: 1) steady state, first stability regime; 2) pulsed, first stability regime; 3) steady state, second stability regime; 4) steady state, reversed shear; and 5) steady state, low aspect ratio. Systems analysis of these candidates has played an important role in the selection of a reversed-shear tokamak for further conceptual design as a US Demo Power Plant. The cost-based systems analysis that led to the selection of a reversed-shear tokamak is described herein
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactors; plasma toroidal confinement; Starlite Demo candidates; US Demo Power Plant; cost-based systems analysis; first stability regime; pulsed first stability regime; reversed-shear tokamak; steady state; steady state low aspect ratio; steady state reversed shear; steady state second stability regime; tokamaks; Costs; Flexible printed circuits; Laboratories; Physics; Plasma stability; Power generation; Power generation economics; Safety; Steady-state; Tokamaks;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1995. SOFE '95. Seeking a New Energy Era., 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
Champaign, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2969-4
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1995.534428
