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Feasibility studies of D-3He fusion power in China

Feasibility studies of D-3He fusion power in China

Deng Bai-Quan
Feng Kai-Ming
Peng Li-Lin
Xie Zhong-You
Deng Pei-Zhi
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.8, No.3pp.174-178Published in print 01 Aug 1997
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The systematic study on D-3He advanced fuel fusion in China has been performed. Comparisons between D-3He and D-T fuel cycles in physics, engineering, environmental safety and so on have been made. D-3He fusion offers significant advantages for reducing the neutron yield by a factor of 10-60. The 3He resource and mining possibility are investigated. The energy payback factor of 97 for mining lunar 3He resource is calculated. The operating parameter scope for D-3He fueled Tokamak reactor is analyzed. The prompt energy broadening for fusion products is calculated and results are consistent with those obtained by Lehner using a different method. Centrally peaked current drive with high efficiency is studied utilizing plasma synchrotron radiation. More than 80%of plasma current required can be driven passively. A D-3He fueled Tokamak commercial reactor-Mooncity was designed. Neutronics calculations show that the radioactivity, afterheat, BHP value for Mooncity are 10~60 times less than those for D-T fusion.

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