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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1148-1153
Alternate Fuels and Innovative Confinement Concept | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39848
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The status and main issues of field-reversed configuration research are briefly reviewed. The unusual fusion reactor potential of these plasmas is also described, in particular for systems that would burn D-3He fuels. The field-reversed configuration is ideal for possible use of advanced fuels because it has a very high plasma beta and because its simple geometry includes a natural divertor that should allow efficient direct conversion.