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LLNL offers tools to model the economics of inertial fusion power plants
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has designed a model to help assess the economic impact of future fusion power plant operations—specifically, the operation of inertial fusion energy (IFE) power plants. Further, it has made its Generalized Economics Model (GEM) for Fusion Technology—an Excel spreadsheet—available for download.
Ya. I. Kolesnichenko, Yu. V. Yakovenko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 4 | December 1990 | Pages 597-605
Alpha Particles in Fusion Research | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29252
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The toroidal rotation of a plasma with alpha particles is studied. The various mechanisms and factors of alpha-particle influence on rotation are considered: (a) the difference between the actual radial profile shape of the alpha particles and the profile shape of alpha-particle production; (b) the finite relaxation times of the toroidal angular momentum for the various components of a fusion plasma; and (c) the non-zero average longitudinal velocity of alpha particles escaping from a plasma. The alpha-particle longitudinal current in the peripheral region of an International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor-like tokamak is found, using the assumption that the alpha-particle radial distribution is determined by the diffusion of the toroidally trapped particles.