A System Approach to Fission-Fusion Symbiosis

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dc.contributor.advisor	Harms, A. A.	-
dc.contributor.author	Gordon, Charles William	-
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-11T13:08:52Z	-
dc.date.available	2015-08-11T13:08:52Z	-
dc.date.issued	1975-04	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17882	-
dc.description.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>	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Tritium production, coupling, fission reactor, fertile conversion, fusion blanket, fuel dynamics, power output, efficiency, cost of a sybiotic, self contained power station, thorium cycle	en_US
dc.title	A System Approach to Fission-Fusion Symbiosis	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Engineering Physics	en_US
dc.description.degreetype	Thesis	en_US
dc.description.degree	Master of Engineering (MEngr)	en_US
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