Very Exciting! Safe and Clean Nuclear Fusion Power Approach
> Laser and Magnetic Combined Fusion could provide us with limitless clean power.
How this might work is explained in Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/science/2012/02/a-crushing-magnetic-field...
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High-Gain Magnetized Inertial Fusion
Stephen A. Slutz and Roger A. Vesey
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 025003 – Published 12 January 2012
Abstract
Magnetized inertial fusion (MIF) could substantially ease the difficulty of reaching plasma conditions required for significant fusion yields, but it has been widely accepted that the gain is not sufficient for fusion energy. Numerical simulations are presented showing that high-gain MIF is possible in cylindrical liner implosions based on the MagLIF concept [S. A. Slutz et al Phys. Plasmas 17, 056303 (2010)] with the addition of a cryogenic layer of deuterium-tritium (DT). These simulations show that a burn wave propagates radially from the magnetized hot spot into the surrounding much denser cold DT given sufficient hot-spot areal density. For a drive current of 60 MA the simulated gain exceeds 100, which is more than adequate for fusion energy applications. The simulated gain exceeds 1000 for a drive current of 70 MA.
Very Exciting! Safe and Clean Nuclear Fusion Power Approach
> Laser and Magnetic Combined Fusion could provide us with limitless clean power.
How this might work is explained in Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/science/2012/02/a-crushing-magnetic-field...
____________________________________
Rights to use this image granted by publisher:
High-Gain Magnetized Inertial Fusion
Stephen A. Slutz and Roger A. Vesey
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 025003 – Published 12 January 2012
Abstract
Magnetized inertial fusion (MIF) could substantially ease the difficulty of reaching plasma conditions required for significant fusion yields, but it has been widely accepted that the gain is not sufficient for fusion energy. Numerical simulations are presented showing that high-gain MIF is possible in cylindrical liner implosions based on the MagLIF concept [S. A. Slutz et al Phys. Plasmas 17, 056303 (2010)] with the addition of a cryogenic layer of deuterium-tritium (DT). These simulations show that a burn wave propagates radially from the magnetized hot spot into the surrounding much denser cold DT given sufficient hot-spot areal density. For a drive current of 60 MA the simulated gain exceeds 100, which is more than adequate for fusion energy applications. The simulated gain exceeds 1000 for a drive current of 70 MA.