1. The ARIES-III D-3He tokamak-reactor study
- Author
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G.L. Kuleinski, J.H. Schultz, T. J. Dolan, J.S. Herring, Robert A. Krakowski, David A. Ehst, Shahram Sharafat, J.F. Santarius, Edward T. Cheng, Jeffrey N. Brooks, J. Mandrekas, S.A. Jardin, M. Valenti, P. Titus, E. A. Mogahed, Mohamed E. Sawan, J.E.C. Williams, Dai-Kai Sze, Daniel R. Cohn, Don Steiner, E. Ibrahim, E.E. Reis, P. Gierszewski, Laila El-Guebaly, Jeffrey A Holmes, S.P. Grotz, K.R. Schultz, Layton J. Wittenberg, R.W. Conn, Charles G. Bathke, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, T. K. Mau, J.H. Whealton, Dennis J Strickler, S.K. Ho, Leslie Bromberg, Gilbert Emmert, K.A. Werley, A. Hollies, M.S. Hasan, C.P.C. Wong, C.E. Kessel, H.Y. Khater, Farrokh Najmabadi, James Blanchard, George H. Miley, and Ronald L. Miller
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Nuclear physics ,Core (optical fiber) ,Physics ,Tokamak ,law ,Electromagnetic coil ,Magnetic confinement fusion ,Synchrotron radiation ,Plasma ,Atomic physics ,law.invention ,Magnetic field ,Plasma current - Abstract
A description of the ARIES-III research effort is presented, and the general features of the ARIES-III reactor are described. The plasma engineering and fusion-power-core design are summarized, including the major results, the key technical issues, and the central conclusions. Analyses have shown that the plasma power-balance window for D-/sup 3/He tokamak reactors is small and requires a first wall (or coating) that is highly reflective to synchrotron radiation and small values of tau /sub ash// epsilon /sub e/ (the ratio of ash-particle to energy confinement times in the core plasma). Both first and second stability regimes of operation have been considered. The second stability regime is chosen for the ARIES-III design point because the reactor can operate at a higher value of tau /sub ash// tau /sub E// tau /sub E/ approximately=2 (twice that of a first stability version), and because it has a reduced plasma current (30 MA), magnetic field at the coil (14 T), mass, and cost (also compared to a first-stability D-/sup 3/He reactor). The major and minor radii are, respectively 7.5 and 2.5 m. >
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- 2002