HYLIFE-II: A molten-salt inertial fusion energy power plant design

RW Moir, RL Bieri, XM Chen, TJ Dolan… - Fusion …, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
Enhanced safety and performance improvements have been made to the liquid-wall HYLIFE
reactor, yielding the current HYLIFE-II conceptual design. Liquid lithium has been replaced …

Behavior and computer simulation of SiC under irradiation with energetic particles

JM Perlado - Journal of nuclear materials, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper reviews previous works focused on fundamental neutron damage simulations in
β-SiC. The reason to propose ceramic composites based on SiC, instead of the monolithic …

Development and application of RF techniques for formation of preionized plasma in the target chamber

PC Efthimion, RC Davidson - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2001 - Elsevier
Recent heavy ion fusion reactor concepts require multiple beam focusing beyond the space-
charge limit. Propagating the beams in dilute plasma potentially can achieve charge …

Chamber propagation physics for heavy ion fusion

DA Callahan - Fusion Engineering and Design, 1996 - Elsevier
Chamber transport is a key area of study for heavy ion fusion. Final focus and chamber
transport are high leverage areas providing opportunities to decrease significantly the cost …

HYLIFE-II inertial confinement fusion reactor design

RW Moir - Fusion Technology, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
The HYLIFE-II inertial fusion power plant design study uses a liquid fall, in the form of jets to
protect the first structural wall from neutron damage, x rays, and blast to provide a 30-y …

Design and characterization of a neutralized-transport experiment for heavy-ion fusion

E Henestroza, S Eylon, PK Roy, SS Yu, A Anders… - Physical Review Special …, 2004 - APS
In heavy-ion inertial-confinement fusion systems, intense beams of ions must be transported
from the exit of the final-focus magnet system through the fusion chamber to hit spots on the …

HYLIFE-II inertial fusion energy power plant design

RW Moir - Fusion Technology, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The HYLIFE-II inertial fusion power plant design study uses a liquid fall, in the form of jets, to
protect the first structural wall from neutron damage, x rays, and blast to provide a 30-y …

High gain DT targets for heavy ion beam fusion

MM Basko - Nuclear fusion, 1992 - iopscience.iop.org
In a parametric study of reactor size DT targets driven by beams of heavy ions it was found
that spark ignition and high energy gains can be achieved in four-layer single-shell targets …

Radiation damage in liquid-protected first-wall materials for IFE-reactors

S Sahin, RW Moir, A Şahinaslan, HM Şahin - Fusion Technology, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
Material damage through displacements per atom (DPA) and helium gas production, as well
as the tritium breeding and energy absorption in an IFE (Inertial Fusion Energy) reactor …

HIDIF–an approach to high repetition rate inertial fusion with heavy ions

I Hofmann - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research …, 1998 - Elsevier
The goal of the HIDIF study, carried out within the framework of a European Study Group, is
to demonstrate the feasibility of an RF linac and storage ring based scheme for high …