An overview of D-3He fusion reactors

doi:10.1016/0168-9002(88)91127-8

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume 271, Issue 1, 1 August 1988, Pages 71-78

https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9002(88)91127-8 Get rights and content

Abstract

D-³He fusion reactors offer a number of potentially attractive features including low radiation damage levels and low radioactivity. There have been a number of reactor studies, which will be reviewed. The emphasis would be on the tandem mirror reactor, due to its potential for converting much of the fusion power by direct conversion of charged particles with high conversion efficiency. It can also operate at relatively high β to maximize fusion power density. The ³He fuel supply from various sources will be examined. The safety and waste disposal issues will be discussed. The cost of electricity, including the fuel cost, will be estimated.

References (30)

B.P. Ad'yasevich et al.
Sov. J. Nucl. Phys.
(1969)
L.J. Wittenberg et al.
Fus. Technol.
(1986)
E. Greenspan et al.
Nucl. Technol./Fus.
(1982)
G.W. Shuy et al.
Fusion Technol.
(1986)
G.A. Carlson
Tandem Mirror Reactor with Thermal Barriers
H. Gurol
Nucl. Technol./Fus.
(1983)
MARS
Mirror Advanced Reactor Study Interim Design Report
J.F. Santarius
Nucl. Fus.
(1987)
J.F. Santarius
A High Efficiency D-³He Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor
J.F. Santarius
Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor

S. Atzeni et al.

Comments Plasma Phys. Controlled Fus.

(1980)

C.C. Baker et al.

C.K. Choi et al.

Exploratory Studies of High-Efficiency Advanced-Fuel Fusion Reactors

J.A. Fillo et al.

Exploratory Studies of High-Efficiency Advanced Fuel Fusion Reactors

J. Rand McNally

Nucl. Fus.

(1978)

Cited by (8)

Volume ignition of <sup>3</sup>He pellets
2007, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
During the past 15 years, using the volume ignition model, a computational code has been designed and gradually developed with the purpose of simulating the laser or ion projectile driven nuclear fusion. Up to now using this code various calculations have been done in different conditions for evaluating fusion gain and time dependence of temperature of fuels such as DD, DT, H¹¹B and D³He, respectively, and the results have been published in several papers [R. Khoda-Bakhsh, et al., Fusion Technol. 22 (1992) 50; R. Khoda-Bakhsh, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 330 (1993) 268; G.H. Miley, et al., Fusion Technol. 19 (1991) 50 [3]; R. Khoda-Bakhsh, et al., Fusion Technol. 24 (1993) 28; R. Khoda-Bakhsh, AIP Conf. Proc. 369 (Part One) (1996) 289 [5]]. Here, using this extended code and for the first time, we have simulated the conditions under which pure ³He fuel pellets with different volumes and initial compressions begin to ignite. Fusion gains of more than 50 are obtained with an ignition temperature decreased to only 22.9 keV at an initial compression to 500 000 times the solid-state density. Also calculations showed that for spin-polarized fuel, there is a driver energy reduction which for maximum gain condition, is less for low initial densities and a gain increase which varies irregularly for different initial conditions.
Energy levels of light nuclei A = 5, 6, 7
2002, Nuclear Physics A
Effects of nuclear side reactions on fusion triple product and saddle point condition in the spherical torus
2023, Pramana - Journal of Physics
Review of commercial nuclear fusion projects
2023, Frontiers in Energy Research
Effects of Different Nuclear Side Reactions on Ignition Criteria in Deuterium/Helium-3 Fueled Tokamak Reactor
2022, SSRN
Polarization phenomena for low energy [Formula Presented] collisions
1998, Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

View all citing articles on Scopus

View full text

An overview of D-3He fusion reactors

Abstract

Sov. J. Nucl. Phys.

Fus. Technol.

Nucl. Technol./Fus.

Fusion Technol.

Tandem Mirror Reactor with Thermal Barriers

Nucl. Technol./Fus.

Mirror Advanced Reactor Study Interim Design Report

Nucl. Fus.

A High Efficiency D-3He Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor

Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor

Comments Plasma Phys. Controlled Fus.

Exploratory Studies of High-Efficiency Advanced-Fuel Fusion Reactors

Exploratory Studies of High-Efficiency Advanced Fuel Fusion Reactors

Nucl. Fus.

An overview of D-³He fusion reactors

A High Efficiency D-³He Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor