Physics basis for a spherical torus power plant

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-197

  Jardin, S C ^a   Kessel, C E ^a   Menard, J ^a   Mau, T K ^b   Miller, R ^b   Najmabadi, F ^b   Chan, V S ^c   Lao, L L ^c   Linliu, Y R ^c   Miller, R L ^c   Petrie, T ^c   Politzer, P A ^c   Turnbull, A D ^c  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion power plant; Low aspect ratio tokamak; Plasma operating regime

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLASMA THEORY; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

PLASMA OPERATING REGIME;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0037320178     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(02)00303-4     Document Type: Article

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