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Abstract ................................................................ 1
1. Introduction...........................................................3
2. Performance Guidelines and Basis for Design ......................... 7
3. Overall Facility Description ........................................ 13
Physics and Engineering Parameters ................................ 13
Power-Flow Diagrams ............................................... 19
Cost Estimate ..................................................... 22
4. Physics Considerations for TMNS Parameter Selection ................. 27
Parameter Scans ................................................... 27
Adiabaticity ...................................................... 29
Plasma Stability .................................................. 30
Gas Balance and Vacuum ............................................ 33
Confinement of a-Particles ........................................ 38
5. Plasma Heating and Barrier Pumping .................................. 39
Neutral Beams ..................................................... 39
Electron Cyclotron Resonant Heating (ECRH) ........................ 47
6. Engineering Design .................................................. 51
Nuclear System .................................................... 52
Magnet System ................................................. 55
Vessel System ................................................. 68
Fueling and Heating ............................................ 69
Vacuum Pumping ................................................ 73
Direct Converters ............................................. 74
Central-Cell Blanket and Shield ................................77
End-Cell Shields .............................................. 78
Alternate Concept for the Central-Cell Blanket and Module ..... 80-i-
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Damm, C. C.; Doggett, J. N. & Bulmer, R. H. Preliminary design of a Tandem-Mirror-Next-Step facility, report, December 18, 1980; California. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1210358/m1/2/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.