PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HIGH POWER DENSITY, FLUX-CONSERVING

Abstract-Most of the fusion Experimental Power Reactor (EPR) and ~mrnercial power reactor designs have been limited to low+ (ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic tieId pressure), low power density Tokamak systems. In an effort to redesign a viable, economically attractive power reactor that could meet the electric utilities needs, the Ihtx-conserving Tokamak concept has emerged as a leading contender. In this paper, we examine the operatiag characteristics of an PCT reactor and show that such a system would be comparable in size to an EPR but produce more than five times the fusion power. It will be seen that the PCT concept could provide the utility industry with compact reactor systems of moderate electrical output (between SO0 and 1000 MWe) without requiring dupe extrapohttions i plasma size and technology beyond that of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TPTR) currently under cons~ct~n. 1