WO2013181273A3 - Single-pass, heavy ion fusion, systems and method for fusion power production and other applications of a large-scale neutron source - Google Patents

Single-pass, heavy ion fusion, systems and method for fusion power production and other applications of a large-scale neutron source Download PDF

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WO2013181273A3
WO2013181273A3 PCT/US2013/043153 US2013043153W WO2013181273A3 WO 2013181273 A3 WO2013181273 A3 WO 2013181273A3 US 2013043153 W US2013043153 W US 2013043153W WO 2013181273 A3 WO2013181273 A3 WO 2013181273A3
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Alexander Thomas Burke
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21B—FUSION REACTORS
    • G21B1/00—Thermonuclear fusion reactors
    • G21B1/11—Details
    • G21B1/17—Vacuum chambers; Vacuum systems
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21B—FUSION REACTORS
    • G21B1/00—Thermonuclear fusion reactors
    • G21B1/03—Thermonuclear fusion reactors with inertial plasma confinement
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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A single-pass heavy-ion fusion system for power production from fusion reactions alone, power production that uses additional energy of fission reactions obtained by driving a sub-critical fission pile with the neutrons from fusion reactions, destroying high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste by intense bombardment with fusion neutrons, or for the production of neutron beams for various applications includes a new arrangement of current multiplying processes that employs a multiplicity of isotopes to achieve the desired effect of distributing the task of amplifying the current among all the various processes, to relieve stress on any one process, and to increase the design margin for assured ICF (inertial confinement fusion) ignition for applications including but not restricted to the above list. The energy content and power of the ignition-driver pulses are greatly increased, thus increasing intensity of target heating and rendering reliable ignition readily attainable.
PCT/US2013/043153 2012-05-29 2013-05-29 Single-pass, heavy ion fusion, systems and method for fusion power production and other applications of a large-scale neutron source WO2013181273A2 (en)

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US3624239A (en) * 1970-02-11 1971-11-30 Atomic Energy Commission Pulsed laser-ignited thermonuclear reactor
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US20110091004A1 (en) * 2007-10-04 2011-04-21 Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc Triso fuel for high burn-up nuclear engine
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