Abstract
Based on scientific knowledge available from ITER plasmas and advancement of fusion nuclear technology from the near-term R&D program, a low wall-loading DEMO fusion reactor has been designed, where high priority has been given to the early and reliable realization of a tokamak fusion plasma over the cost performance. Since a major radius of this DEMO reactor is increased up to 10 m, a plasma ignition is achievable with a low fusion power of 0.8 GW and an operation period of 4 approx. 5 hours is available only with inductive current drive. The low ignition power makes it possible to adopt an austenitic stainless steel, which have a plenty of experiences under the neutron irradiation in fission reactors. In step with development of advanced materials, step-wise increase of the fusion power seems to be feasible and realistic, because this DEMO reactor has a potentiality to produce a fusion power of approx. 5 GW.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 1190-1193 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1995 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering. Part 1 (of 2) - Champaign, IL, USA Duration: 1995 Oct 1 → 1995 Oct 5 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1995 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering. Part 1 (of 2) |
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| City | Champaign, IL, USA |
| Period | 95/10/1 → 95/10/5 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering