A fusion chamber design with a liquid first wall and divertor

R. E. Nygren, D. K. Sze, B. E. Nelson, P. J. Fogarty, C. Eberle, T. D. Rognlien, M. E. Rensink, S. Smolentsev, M. Z. Youssef, M. E. Sawan, B. J. Merrill, R. Majeski

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Abstract

The APEX study is investigating the use of free flowing liquid surfaces to form the inner surface of the chamber around a fusion plasma. We present a design for the chamber of a 3840MW fusion reactor based on the configuration for the chamber and magnets from ARIES-RS but with a fast flowing molten salt of mixed Be, Li and Na fluoridcs for the first wall and divertor and molten salt blanket with a ferritic steel structure. Our design analysis includes strong radiation from the core and edge plasma, (liquid) MHD effects on the weakly conducting molten salt, a recycling first wall stream that enables a high efficiency thermal conversion, and evaluations of breeding, neutronics, tritium recovery and safety.

Original languageEnglish
Pages288-294
Number of pages7
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 03 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Oct 14 2003Oct 17 2003

Conference

Conference20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 03
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period10/14/0310/17/03

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