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Ronald W. Petzoldt
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 758-762
Inertial Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29436
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Oscillating liquid flow in a falling molten salt inertial confinement fusion reactor is predicted to rapidly clear driver beam paths of residual liquid droplets. Oscillating flow will also provide adequate neutron and x-ray protection for the reactor structure with a short (2-m) fall distance permitting an 8 Hz repetition rate. A reactor chamber configuration is presented with specific features to clear the entire heavy-ion beam path of splashed molten salt. The structural components, including the structure between beam ports, are shielded.