{"id":57163,"date":"2017-05-02T05:02:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T12:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/lockheed-compact-fusion-reactor-design-about-100-times-larger-than-first-plans"},"modified":"2017-06-03T16:26:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T23:26:46","slug":"lockheed-compact-fusion-reactor-design-about-100-times-larger-than-first-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/lockheed-compact-fusion-reactor-design-about-100-times-larger-than-first-plans","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed compact fusion reactor design about 100 times larger than first plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is updated technical information on the Lockheed compact fusion reactor project.<\/A> It was originally believed that the compact reactor would fit on a large truck. It looked like it might weigh 20 tons. After more engineering and scientific research, the new design requires about 2000 ton reactor that is 7 meters in diameter and 18 meters long. This would be about one third the length of a Dolphin diesel submarine and it would be slightly wider and taller. It would be similar in size to a A5W submarine nuclear fission reactor. We would not know for sure because the A5W size is classified but based on the size and likely configuration of a nuclear submarine this size estimate is likely.<\/p>\n

They have performed simulations. In simulations, plasma confinement is achieved in magnetic wells with self \u2013 produced sharp magnetic field boundaries. \u2022 Design closes for 200 MW th reactor, 18 meters long by 7 meters diameter device assuming hybrid gyro \u2013 radii sheath and cusp widths and good coil support magnetic shielding. \u2022 Neutral beam heats plasma to ignited state. \u2022 The dominant losses are ion losses through the ring cusps into stalks and axially through the mirror confined sheath. \u2022 Good global curvature gives interchange stability.<\/p>\n

Lockheed believes they can get better confinement at the cusps than the EMC2 polywell reactor.<\/p>\n

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