Fiscal Year 1993 Department of Energy Authorization: Fusion energy |
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achieved ARIES-I BROWN build Burning Plasma Experiment cancellation of BPX context demonstration Department of Energy deuterium and tritium development of fusion device DIII-D electricity Energy Advisory Committee Energy Policy Committee Energy Research energy source energy supply engineering design facilities FEAC fission fossil fuels funding fusion development Fusion Energy Advisory fusion energy development Fusion Energy Program Fusion Policy fusion power fusion program fusion reactor fusion research FY 1993 budget going HAPPER heat ignition industry Inertial Confinement Fusion Inertial Fusion Energy issues ITER Japan Joint European Torus Laboratory laser machine Madam Chairman magnetic field magnetic fusion energy MARILYN LLOYD materials megawatts of fusion neutrons operating options Packard Plasma Physics potential primary energy Princeton produced radioactivity recommended ROEMER RON PACKARD scientific Soviet SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY technology development TFTR Thank there's TIM ROEMER tokamak concept Tokamak Fusion tokamak reactor U.S. program
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Page 16 - Ignition, and burn of mlcrocapsules of deuterium-tritium fuel. This program will rely on continuing development of target physics and Ignition characteristics funded under Defense Programs. The heavy Ion driver, successfully conceived through Defense Programs and ER's Basic Energy Sciences activities, will be tested at Increasing levels of Intensity. Technology R&D will be based on reactor studies and will rely on progress within the worldwide Magnetic fusion program for comwn elements such as low...
Page 4 - I have emphasized during my tenure as Secretary has been strengthening the foundations of future US energy security, economic growth, and environmental progress. Fortifying our foundations through science and technology development, technology transfer and math and science education...
Page 5 - Magnetic approach to fusion energy, the fusion fuel --a mixture of deuterium and trK1un--1s heated to temperatures hotter than those found In the sun. This produces a hot, ionized gas called a plasma. The normal tendency of such a super hot plasma would be to expand and cool. In a magnetic fusion device, a strong magnetic field is used to prevent the plasma from expanding so that the combined conditions of high temperature and fuel density necessary to achieve a fusion reaction can be obtained. In...
Page 6 - ... density, necessary to achieve a fusion reaction, can be obtained. In the inertial confinement approach to fusion, a small pellet of fuel is rapidly compressed and heated by bombarding it with focused light from a laser or with charged particles from an accelerator. The laser or accelerator used is called the inertial fusion driver.
Page 15 - ... concept. Recent successes in inertial confinement fusion tests have led to confidence that net energy release in the laboratory is possible through implosion, ignition, and burn of microcapsules of deuterium-tritium fuel. This program will rely on continuing development, of this target physics and its ignition characteristics, funded under Defense Programs.
Page 4 - FUSION ENERGY Fusion continues to offer the promise of a safe, environmentally benign, secure, and affordable source of energy. A fusion power plant would contain only a small Inventory of fuel or high-level radioactive waste, thus eliminating the possibility of a severe, uncontrolled reaction. Operation of a fusion reactor would not contribute to acid rain or global warming; and it...
Page 16 - ... FY 1992 Capital Equipment request of $11.0 million provides essential hardware to support the overall program. This equipment Includes diagnostic and computer equipment, power supplies, and other components for experimental facilities. The FY 1992 Construction request of $4.5 million provides $1.9 million for General Plant Projects. These projects provide for the continuing minor alterations and modifications necessary to meet health, safety, and M programmatic requirements and to protect the...
Page 16 - This program will rely on continuing development of target physics and ignition characteristics funded under Defense Programs. The heavy ion driver, successfully conceived through Defense Programs and ER's Basic Energy Sciences activities, will be tested at increasing levels of intensity. Technology R&D will be based on reactor studies and will rely on progress within the worldwide magnetic fusion program for common elements such as low activation materials needed for fusion containment and for breeding...
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