Fusion power demonstration study at ORNL
Abstract
The aim of the ORNL Fusion Power Demonstration Study is to develop a plan for demonstrating, in this century, the commercial feasibility of fusion power based on the tokamak concept. Major results obtained so far include: (1) the outline of a three-phase plan for demonstrating the commercial feasibility of tokamak fusion power in this century, (2) a parametric analysis of tokamak costs which provides the economic basis for the demonstration plan, and (3) a critical evaluation of the technological directions, design approaches, and plasma characteristics which serve as the technical basis for the demonstration plan.
- Publication:
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Alternative Energy Sources, Volume 5
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978aes.....5.2431M
- Keywords:
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- Cost Analysis;
- Feasibility Analysis;
- Plasma Control;
- Reactor Design;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Controlled Fusion;
- Economic Analysis;
- Energy Technology;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Stability;
- Technological Forecasting;
- Plasma Physics