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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 10-19
Invited Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963822
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Possible schemes of the ambipolar fusion reactor are presented. For the axisymmetric D–T reactor the energy balance is estimated and conditions of MHD stability are assumed. The main plasma physics, physical and technical problems are discussed, which must be solved to create the ambipolar D–T fusion reactor.