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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: 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
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