INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION POWER PLANT WHICH DECOUPLES LIFE-LIMITED COMPONENT FROM PLANT AVAILABILITY

摘要

An architecture for a fusion power plant is disclosed. The plant includes a fusion chamber for producing neutrons from a fusion reaction, and a laser system in which lasers are arranged about a vacuum chamber to provide energy to the fusion chamber to initiate the fusion reaction. The beam paths between the lasers and the fusion chamber are configured to prevent neutrons from the fusion chamber from reaching the laser system at a level that would preclude human access to the laser system.