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the science behind fusion energy
Development of Practical Fusion Power
T. D. Tamarkin USCL-EnergyCite® Additional scientific contributors, S. C. Hsu, Ph.D., T. J. Awe, Ph.D., S. Brockington, Ph.D., A. Case, Ph.D., J. T. Cassibry, Ph.D., G. Kagan, Ph.D., S. J. Messer, Ph.D., M. Stanic, X. Tang, Ph.D., D. R. Welch, Ph.D., and F. D. Witherspoon, Ph.D. Updated December 14, 2014 ® Abstract Fusion is … Read more
PJMIF Concept Tutorial
A presentation by October 4, 2011 Outline • Discuss the fusion power flow chart to determine the fusion gain required by any given inertial fusion scheme in order to produce net power on the grid – Compare PJMIF against laser ICF • Explain the fusion burn configuration for PJMIF • Explain how this is achieved … Read more
Plasma Liners and the Potential for a Standoff Magneto-Inertial Fusion Reactor
This is the Power Point presentation given by Dr. Scott C. Hsu of the Los Alamos National Laboratories, NM at the ARPA-E Fusion Workshop in Berkeley, CA, in 2013. It explains what a Standoff Magneto-Inertial Fusion Reactor is, how it would work, what are the advantages of that design, what the design and maintenance challenges … Read more
Lindemuth Review and Letter
Irvin R. Lindemuth, Ph.D., formerly Special Assistant for Russian Collaboration Office of Associate Director for Weapons Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory October 24, 2011 Mr. Tom Tamarkin 5545 El Camino Avenue Carmichael, California 95608 Ref: Response to your questions on analysis of plasma jet Magneto Inertial Fusion (PJMIF) Dear Mr. Tamarkin: I have finally found … Read more
Santarius Review
John F. Santarius, Ph.D. Research Professor, Dept. of Engineering Physics Associate Director for Alternate Applications and Concepts, Fusion Technology Institute Univ. of Wisconsin, 1500 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA E-mail: santarius@engr.wisc.edu Ph: 608-263-1694 Fax: 608-263-4499 Web: http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/~jfs/homepage.html September 26, 2011 Mr. Tom Tamarkin 5545 El Camino Avenue Carmichael, California 95608 Ref: Response to plasma … Read more
plasma jet Magneto Inertial Fusion (PJMIF)
Development of Practical Fusion Power; Plasma Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion introduction by T.D. Tamarkin; scientific contributors, S. C. Hsu, Ph.D., T. J. Awe, Ph.D., S. Brockington, Ph.D., A. Case, Ph.D., J. T. Cassibry, Ph.D., G. Kagan, Ph.D., S. J. Messer, Ph.D., M. Stanic, X. Tang, Ph.D., D. R. Welch, Ph.D., and F. D. Witherspoon, Ph.D. … Read more
On the power and size of tokamak fusion pilot plants and reactors
A.E. Costley, J. Hugill and P.F. Buxton © 2015 IAEA, Vienna Received 14 July 2014, accepted for publication 14 November 2015 Published 28 January 2015 Contents Abstract Introduction System code Dependence of Qfus on plasma and device parameters Impact of beta-independent scaling Implications for the design of pilot plants and reactors Summary and conclusions Abstract … Read more
MagLIF with DT cryo layer could achieve ten thousand times net gain nuclear fusion and it would be very good for fusion space propulsion
NextBigFuture.com The cheapest, smallest reactors will emerge from the so-called magneto-inertial fusion (MIF) parameter space. This physics regime is a hybrid between the low density magnetic confinement and beyond solid density inertial confinement. Many of the smallest proposed fusion propulsion systems are in fact MIF systems, consistent with this recent study. (The Case and Development … Read more
Polywell Nuclear Fusion, Boston
BostonCommons.net When the head of the Atomic Energy Commission at the time, Lewis Strauss, infamously quipped in 1954 that electricity would become “too cheap to meter,” he was likely referring to nuclear fusion, not nuclear fission, the atom-splitting reaction that powers conventional nuclear power plants today. [1] I think that nuclear fission plant should be … Read more