Laser-Controlled Thermonuclear-Reactor Materials Requirements

Inexpensive Mini Thermonuclear Reactor

This proposed design for a mini thermonuclear reactor uses a method based upon a series of important innovations. A cumulative explosion presses a capsule with nuclear fuel up to 100 thousands of atmospheres, the explosive electric generator heats the capsule/pellet up to 100 million degrees and a special capsule and a special cover which keeps these pressure and temperature in capsule up to 0....

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor and the Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Implications of Thermonuclear-Fusion Energy Systems

This report contains two parts: (1) A list of “points” highlighting the strategic-political and military-technical reasons and implications of the very probable siting of ITER (the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in Japan, which should be confirmed sometimes in early 2004. (2) A technical analysis of the nuclear weapons proliferation implications of inertialand magnetic-confin...

Radiation-resistant WDM Optical Link for Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor Instrumentation

The future International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a complex installation that will require permanent monitoring and frequent maintenance operations. The high-gamma dose rates, the high neutron fluence and other radiological hazards call for the use of remotehandled equipment. The management of heavy umbilicals connecting the control systems with the remote tools is therefore...

Fibre optic link devices for thermonuclear fusion reactor environments

reactor environments F. Berghmans, M. Van Uffelen, A. Nowodzinski, B. Brichard, A. Fernandez Fernandez (3) , A. Delchambre, M. Decréton, A. Gusarov , O. Deparis, P. Mégret, M. Blondel, I. Veretennicoff, H. Thienpont (1) SCK·CEN, Boeretang 200, B-2400 Mol, Belgium (2) CEA-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (3) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F.D. Roosevelt CP 165, 1050 Bruxelles (4) Facul...

Plasma and the controlled thermonuclear reaction.