Controlled Nuclear Fusion: Fundamentals of Its Utilization for Energy SupplyTreats not only the physical, but the technological, ecological, and economic basis for using controlled nuclear fusion to produce energy. Topics on the development of fusion are examined without reference to the currently favored magnetic confinement and tokamak lines of fusion research except where problems are specific to them, in the case of a tokamak with deuterium-tritium plasma, for example. Discusses other less developed but potentially promising concepts for the future production of powerful neutron sources. |
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particles and for the beam power | 89 |
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a-particles ablation amount atomic beryllium blanket collisions component parameters concept conductor confinement coolant cooling Coulomb collisions cross-section cyclotron deuterium divertor electrical energy electron energy amplification energy balance energy released equation factor field lines fission flux frequency fuel cycle function fusion plasma fusion power plant fusion reactor hazard potential heating helium Hence hydrogen ignition increase injection inventory ions isotope kinetic energy liquid lithium magnet system magnetic field maximum mirror machine MWa/m² natural lithium neutral particle nuclear nuclear fusion ohmic heating operating output pellet Plasma Physics power density pressure radiation radionuclides radius ratio reaction reactor design reduced Reference value Relative electricity costs result shield shown in Figure shows specific structural material superconducting surface temperature TFTR thermal energy thermal reactor tokamak tokamak reactor toroidal torus torus coils transport tritium tritium production UWMAK velocity wall loading wave