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Design Options for Commercial Reactors with Resistive Magnets

L. Bromberg

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 8 / Number 1P2A / July 1985 / Pages 747-755

Power Reactor Studies / Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40127

In this paper, the options available for tokamak reactors with normal conducting magnets will be described. The advantages and disadvantages of using normal magnets in fusion tokamak reactors will be described. The impact of the use of resistive magnets on the capital cost, environmental concerns and availability (related to cost of electricity) of a tokamak reactor will be discussed. Special emphasis on electricity producing reactors will be given.