Magnetic-confinement fusion
Our modern society requires environmentally friendly solutions for energy production.
Energy can be released not only from the fission of heavy nuclei but also from the fusion of …
Energy can be released not only from the fission of heavy nuclei but also from the fusion of …
Results from deuterium-tritium tokamak confinement experiments
RJ Hawryluk - Reviews of modern physics, 1998 - APS
Recent scientific and technical progress in magnetic fusion experiments has resulted in the
achievement of plasma parameters (density and temperature) which made possible the …
achievement of plasma parameters (density and temperature) which made possible the …
Development of the indirect‐drive approach to inertial confinement fusion and the target physics basis for ignition and gain
J Lindl - Physics of plasmas, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is an approach to fusion that relies on the inertia of the fuel
mass to provide confinement. To achieve conditions under which inertial confinement is …
mass to provide confinement. To achieve conditions under which inertial confinement is …
Lithium, a path to make fusion energy affordable
A De Castro, C Moynihan, S Stemmley, M Szott… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In this tutorial article, we review the technological, physics, and economic basis for a
magnetic fusion device utilizing a flowing liquid lithium divertor (molten metal velocity in the …
magnetic fusion device utilizing a flowing liquid lithium divertor (molten metal velocity in the …
Alpha-particle-driven toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes in the tokamak fusion test reactor
Alpha-particle-driven toroidal Alfvén eigenmodes (TAEs) have been observed for the first
time in deuterium-tritium (DT) plasmas on the tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR). These …
time in deuterium-tritium (DT) plasmas on the tokamak fusion test reactor (TFTR). These …
Cryogenic thermonuclear fuel implosions on the National Ignition Facility
The first inertial confinement fusion implosion experiments with equimolar deuterium-tritium
thermonuclear fuel have been performed on the National Ignition Facility. These …
thermonuclear fuel have been performed on the National Ignition Facility. These …
Fusion plasma experiments on TFTR: A 20 year retrospective
The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR)(RJ Hawryluk, to be published in Rev. Mod. Phys.)
experiments on high-temperature plasmas, that culminated in the study of deuterium–tritium …
experiments on high-temperature plasmas, that culminated in the study of deuterium–tritium …
High beta and enhanced confinement in a second stable core VH-mode advanced tokamak
AD Turnbull, TS Taylor, YR Lin-Liu, HS John - Physical review letters, 1995 - APS
A new, enhanced performance tokamak regime, the second stable core VH-mode (SSC-
VH), with a self-consistent VH-mode transport barrier and a large second stable core …
VH), with a self-consistent VH-mode transport barrier and a large second stable core …
Review of deuterium–tritium results from the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
KM McGuire, H Adler, P Alling, C Ancher… - Physics of …, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
After many years of fusion research, the conditions needed for a D–T fusion reactor have
been approached on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR)[Fusion Technol. 21, 1324 …
been approached on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR)[Fusion Technol. 21, 1324 …
Simulations of alpha parameters in a TFTR DT supershot with high fusion power
RV Budny, MG Bell, AC Janos, DL Jassby… - Nuclear …, 1995 - iopscience.iop.org
A TFTR supershot with a plasma current of 2.5 MA, a neutral beam heating power of 33.7
MW and a peak DT fusion power of 7.5 MW is studied using the TRANSP plasma analysis …
MW and a peak DT fusion power of 7.5 MW is studied using the TRANSP plasma analysis …