DEMO plant design beyond ITER

Satoshi Konishi; Satoshi Nishio; Kenji Tobita

doi:10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00264-8

DEMO plant design beyond ITER

Satoshi Konishi, Satoshi Nishio, Kenji Tobita

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Abstract

A conceptual design of a DEMO reactor for the first integrated demonstration of generating fusion plant is made under the assumption that its design and construction would be started in 2020s and its operation in 2030s. A steady-state tokamak is minimized to have 5.8 m of major radius with 2.3 GW of fusion power with energy amplification Q exceeding 30. Modest extrapolation of improved plasma physics as well as technology development such as superconducting magnet, blanket and reduced activation material are assumed. It is suggested that demonstrating the fusion as a viable source of energy in plant scale will be possible based on the successful operation of ITER, while a number of technical issues must be solved in coherent programs paralleling ITER.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-17
Number of pages	7
Journal	Fusion Engineering and Design
Volume	63-64
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00264-8
Publication status	Published - 2002 Dec
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

DEMO plant design
ITER
Magnet

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Civil and Structural Engineering
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Materials Science(all)
Mechanical Engineering

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