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http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17882| Title: | A System Approach to Fission-Fusion Symbiosis |
| Authors: | Gordon, Charles William |
| Advisor: | Harms, A. A. |
| Department: | Engineering Physics |
| Keywords: | Tritium production, coupling, fission reactor, fertile conversion, fusion blanket, fuel dynamics, power output, efficiency, cost of a sybiotic, self contained power station, thorium cycle |
| Publication Date: | Apr-1975 |
| Abstract: | <p> Three symbiotic systems are considered. These include the possibility of coupling the tritium production in a fission reactor with the fertile conversion in a fusion blanket. Equations for the fuel dynamics, power output, efficiency and costs of a symbiotic, selfcontained power station are developed and evaluated for a specific, 1500 MWe fission reactor operating on a thorium cycle and some fusion parameters. It is concluded that a system using the tritium produced in a fission reactor has lower costs and increased power output when compared to an alternate system. </p> |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17882 |
| Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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