TUNABLE FUSION BLANKET FOR LOAD FOLLOWING AND TRITIUM PRODUCTION

摘要

A fusion chamber for an inertial confinement fusion power plant is disclosed. The chamber includes regions for the flow of coolant around the exterior of the chamber, together with compartments of high temperature refractory metal alloys such as tungsten and vanadium which contain tin or other materials having the desired neutron interaction properties. The tin can be inserted and removed to increase or decrease the thermal power output and increase or decrease the corresponding tritium breeding ratio.