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Title

  • Main Title Magnetic fusion 1985: what next

Creator

  • Author: Fowler, T.K.
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: [Livermore,] California

Date

  • Creation: 1985-03-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Recent budget reductions for magnetic fusion have led to a re-examination of program schedules and objectives. Faced with delays and postponement of major facilities as previously planned, some have called for a near-term focus on science, others have stressed technology. This talk will suggest a different focus as the keynote for this conference, namely, the applications of fusion. There is no doubt that plasma science is by now mature and fusion technology is at the forefront. This has and will continue to benefit many fields of endeavor, both in actual new discoveries and techniques and in attracting and training scientists and engineers who move on to make significant contributions in science, defense and industry. Nonetheless, however superb the science or how challenging the technology, these are means, not ends. To maintain its support, the magnetic fusion program must also offer the promise of power reactors that could be competitive in the future. At this conference, several new reactor designs will be described that claim to be smaller and economically competitive with fission reactors while retaining the environmental and safety characteristics that are the hallmark of fusion. The American Nuclear Society is an appropriate forum in which to examine these new designs critically, and to stimulate better ideas and improvements. As a preview, this talk will include brief discussions of new tokamak, tandem mirror and reversed field pinch reactor designs to be presented in later sessions. Finally, as a preview of the session on fusion breeders, the talk will explore once again the economic implications of a new nuclear age, beginning with improved fission reactors fueled by fusion breeders, then ultimately evolving to reactors based solely on fusion.
  • Physical Description: 12 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Thermonuclear Reactors 700200* -- Fusion Energy-- Fusion Power Plant Technology
  • Keyword: Tokamak Type Reactors
  • Keyword: Hybrid Reactors
  • STI Subject Categories: 70 Plasma Physics And Fusion Technology
  • Keyword: Document Types
  • Keyword: Economics
  • Keyword: Reverse-Field Pinch
  • Keyword: Pinch Effect
  • Keyword: Tmr Reactors
  • Keyword: Magnetic Mirror Type Reactors
  • Keyword: Reviews

Source

  • Conference: 6. topical meeting on the technology of fusion energy, San Francisco, CA, USA, 3 Mar 1985

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE85009953
  • Report No.: UCRL-92212
  • Report No.: CONF-850310-63
  • Grant Number: W-7405-ENG-48
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 5746503
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1104093

Note

  • Display Note: NTIS, PC A02/MF A01.
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