In Novosibirsk, build a prototype fusion reactor deuterium

A team of scientists of the Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS going to build prototype nuclear reactor. Create reactor will be in the basement of the Institute, the timing of the five years. Creating a prototype reactor is part of the project "Development of fundamentals and technology of fusion energy future».

The project budget is quite substantial, and reserves of 500 million rubles. Scientists have already received several large federal grants.

«prototype will occupy the entire dark hall complex DALE (complex long open traps) - large room 60 m long with powerful protection against radiation. This will be a full-scale model of the reactor. Its creation will surely give impetus to the whole physics of hot plasma in the global community, "- said Deputy Director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS for Research Alexander Ivanov.

"In Akademgorodok not have the necessary protection, so the tritium we can not use and conduct experiments with plasma of deuterium. Unlike a physical point of view insignificant, but the version of deuterium - deuterium is very useful to measure plasma parameters without creating problems for the surrounding population, "- said the plans of designers Ivanov. According to the scientist, the use of tritium would also significantly increased the budget of the project, which would make it impossible to implement it.

The aim of the project - research, and possibly processing of radioactive waste. "We will only be carried out modeling experiments with the generation of electrons, but all the reactions will match reality. Also generate electricity will not - just to prove that the reaction can occur that the plasma parameters achieved. Applied technical tasks will be implemented in the other reactors », - said the deputy director of the Institute for Research Yuri Tikhonov.

"In existing facilities, the plasma temperature reached 10 million degrees. This is a key parameter that defines the quality of the reactor. We hope to increase the temperature in the newly created plasma reactor in two or three times. At this level, we can use the device as a driver for the neutron energy reactor. On the basis of our model can be created aneutronic reactors tritium-deuterium. In other words, we have created the installation will allow to create neutron-free fuel "- leave a comment another deputy director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS for Research Oleksandr Bondar.


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