Thermonuclear Burn Criteria

After more than 50 years of fusion research the time has arrived when fusion processes in experimental plasmas are increasingly getting important. In JET the genuine fuel (deuterium-tritium) of a fusion reactor was used for the first time in late 1991, in TFTR the same happened in 1993, and in JET a...

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Published in:Fusion science and technology 2012-02, Vol.61 (2T), p.17-26
Main Authors: Oost, Guido Van, Jaspers, Roger
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Combustion
Criteria
Fuels
Fusion reactors
Ignition
Plasmas
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Summary:After more than 50 years of fusion research the time has arrived when fusion processes in experimental plasmas are increasingly getting important. In JET the genuine fuel (deuterium-tritium) of a fusion reactor was used for the first time in late 1991, in TFTR the same happened in 1993, and in JET an extended period of experiments of this kind was performed in 1997. Therefore, it is getting more and more rewarding to deal with the problems related to the ignition and burning of plasmas.
ISSN:1536-1055
1943-7641
DOI:10.13182/FST12-A13489