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General Atomics Advanced Tokamak Fusion Pilot Plant

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Abstract

General Atomics is pursuing integrated fusion pilot plant (FPP) designs that will lead to electricity production in a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) commercial plant. Key accomplishments are the creation of integrated design tools that combine plasma physics with engineering and neutronics modeling, maturation of a novel breeding blanket design, control-level simulations that ensure robust controllability with FPP relevant diagnostics, and industrial thermal cycle modeling. Based on these accomplishments, a 200 MWe compact steady-state advanced tokamak fulfills stakeholder requirements with key attractive features to improve commercial viability: (i) Maximized power density that minimizes size and capital cost of the facility (ii) Minimized risk of operational transients, such as disruptions, by operating at reduced current and high safety factor that maximizes uptime, and (iii) Sustained operation that minimizes operational & maintenance costs and maximizes capacity factor and lifetime by avoiding cyclic stresses inherent to pulsed concepts.

Presenters

  • Brian A Grierson

    General Atomics

Authors

  • Brian A Grierson

    General Atomics

  • David B Weisberg

    General Atomics - San Diego, General Atomics

  • Orso-Maria O Meneghini

    General Atomics - San Diego, General Atomics

  • Nicholas W Eidietis

    General Atomics

  • Tsuyoshi Akiyama

    General Atomics - San Diego

  • Wayne M Solomon

    General Atomics - San Diego

  • James Leuer

    General Atomics

  • Paul Beharrell

    General Atomics

  • Ismael Favela

    General Atomics

  • Ross MacDonald

    General Atomics

  • Kurt Zeller

    General Atomics, General Atomics - San Diego, Grierson

  • Panto Mijatovic

    General Atomics

  • Kevin McLaughlin

    General Atomics

  • Mark Tillack

    General Atomics

  • Rene Raffray

    General Atomics

  • Jackson Harvey

    General Atomics

  • Jonathan H Yu

    General Atomics

  • Gregory Sinclair

    General Atomics - San Diego

  • Tyler W Abrams

    General Atomics - San Diego

  • Jerome Guterl

    General Atomics - San Diego

  • Roberto Maurizio

    General Atomics

  • Nan Shi

    General Atomics

  • Siye Ding

    General Atomics

  • Tyler B Cote

    General Atomics