University of Wisconsin Neutronics Center of Excellence

PPPL Pilot Plant

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Advanced Tokamak Pilot Plant


A potentially attractive next major D-T step in fusion development is a device that produces net electricity as quickly as possible in a configuration directly scalable to a power plant. Such a device would accelerate the commercialization of magnetic fusion by both demonstrating net electricity production and also carrying forward a high neutron fluence component testing mission needed to ultimately achieve high availability in fusion systems. Three configurations were explored by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory for a pilot plant: the advanced tokamak (AT), spherical tokamak (ST), and compact stellarator (CS). Overall, initial analysis indicates that the AT and CS are the most energy efficient electrically, while the ST is the most compact radially and provides the highest neutron wall loading.


Publications

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Comparison of Options for a Pilot Plant Fusion Nuclear Missions; T. Brown, A.E. Costley, R.J. Goldston, L. El-Guebaly, C. Kessel, G.H. Neilson, S. Malang, J.E. Menard, S. Prager, L. Waganer, P. Titus, M. Zarnstorff, 2013 [Fusion Science and Technology 61 (2013) 662-669].

Design of a High-Availability Advanced Tokamak Pilot Plant; T. Brown, A.E. Costley, R.J. Goldston, L. El-Guebaly, C. Kessel, G.H. Neilson, S. Malang, J.E. Menard, S. Prager, S. Scott, P. Titus, L. Waganer, M. Zarnstorff, Nov. 2012 [Presented at 24th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Nov. 11-15, 2012, San Diego, CA].

UWFDM-1405   In-Vessel Components and Blanket Development Strategy for PPPL Pilot Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly, S. Malang, L.M. Waganer, September 2011. (15 pages, 618 kB)

Prospects for Pilot Plants Based on the Tokamak, Spherical Tokamak, and Stellarator; J.E. Menard, L. Bromberg, T. Brown, T. Burgess, D. Dix, L. El-Guebaly, T. Gerrity et al., August 2011 [Presented at 23rd IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Daejeon, Korea, October 11-16, 2010. Nuclear Fusion 51 (2011) 103014 (13 pp)]. ( available online )

An Overview of Pilot Plant Designs Based on the Advanced Tokamak, Spherical Tokamak and Stellarator; T. Brown, L. Bromberg, A.E. Costley, R.J. Goldston, L. El-Guebaly, C. Kessel, G.H. Neilson, S. Malang, J.E. Menard, S. Prager, S. Scott, L. Waganer, M. Zarnstorff, 2011 [Proceedings of the 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering - SOFE-2011, June 26-30, 2011, Chicago, IL, USA. ISBN: 978-1-4673-0103-9. IEEE Catalog Number: CFP11SPF-CDR (2011)].

An Overview of Pilot Plant Designs Based on the Advanced Tokamak, Spherical Tokamak and Stellarator; T. Brown, L. Bromberg, A.E. Costley, R.J. Goldston, L. El-Guebaly, C. Kessel, G.H. Neilson, S. Malang, J.E. Menard, S. Prager, S. Scott, L. Waganer, M. Zarnstorff, June 2011 [Proceedings of 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering - SOFE-2011, June 26-30, 2011, Chicago, IL].

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