Abrégé

A single-pass heavy-ion fusion system for power production from fusion reactions alone, power production that uses additional energy of fission reactions obtained by driving a sub-critical fission pile with the neutrons from fusion reactions, destroying high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste by intense bombardment with fusion neutrons, or for the production of neutron beams for various applications includes a new arrangement of current multiplying processes that employs a multiplicity of isotopes to achieve the desired effect of distributing the task of amplifying the current among all the various processes, to relieve stress on any one process, and to increase the design margin for assured ICF (inertial confinement fusion) ignition for applications including but not restricted to the above list. The energy content and power of the ignition-driver pulses are greatly increased, thus increasing intensity of target heating and rendering reliable ignition readily attainable.

Classes IPC  ?

• G21B 1/00 - Réacteurs de fusion thermonucléaire
• H05H 1/22 - Dispositions pour confiner le plasma au moyen de champs électriques ou magnétiquesDispositions pour chauffer le plasma pour chauffage par injection
• G21B 1/03 - Réacteurs de fusion thermonucléaire avec confinement inertiel du plasma
• G21B 1/15 - Injecteurs de particules pour la génération de réactions de fusion thermonucléaire, p. ex. injecteurs de pastilles
• G21B 1/01 - Réacteurs nucléaires hybrides fission-fusion
• G21B 1/05 - Réacteurs de fusion thermonucléaire avec confinement magnétique ou électrique du plasma
• G21B 1/23 - Systèmes optiques, p. ex. pour l'irradiation de cibles, pour le chauffage du plasma ou pour le diagnostic du plasma

Abrégé

The disclosed embodiments relate to ion delivery mechanisms, e.g., for fusion power. Particularly, some embodiments relate to systems and methods for delivering ions to a fuel source in such a manner to initiate fast ignition. The ions may be accumulated into “microbunches” and delivered to the fuel with considerable energy and velocity. The impact may compress the fuel while delivering sufficient energy to begin the fusion reaction.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05H 3/06 - Production de faisceaux de neutrons
• G21B 3/00 - Réacteurs de fusion nucléaire à basse température, p. ex. réacteurs de fusion dite froide
• G21B 1/15 - Injecteurs de particules pour la génération de réactions de fusion thermonucléaire, p. ex. injecteurs de pastilles

Abrégé

A single-pass heavy-ion fusion system for power production from fusion reactions alone, power production that uses additional energy of fission reactions obtained by driving a sub-critical fission pile with the neutrons from fusion reactions, destroying high-level and/or long-lived radioactive waste by intense bombardment with fusion neutrons, or for the production of neutron beams for various applications includes a new arrangement of current multiplying processes that employs a multiplicity of isotopes to achieve the desired effect of distributing the task of amplifying the current among all the various processes, to relieve stress on any one process, and to increase the design margin for assured ICF (inertial confinement fusion) ignition for applications including but not restricted to the above list. The energy content and power of the ignition-driver pulses are greatly increased, thus increasing intensity of target heating and rendering reliable ignition readily attainable.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05H 1/22 - Dispositions pour confiner le plasma au moyen de champs électriques ou magnétiquesDispositions pour chauffer le plasma pour chauffage par injection

Abrégé

A single-pass heavy-ion fusion system includes a new arrangement of current multiplying processes that employs multiple isotopes to achieve the desired effect of distributing the task of amplifying the current among all the various processes, to relieve stress on any one process, and to increase margin of safety for assured ICF (inertial confinement fusion) power production. Energy and power of the ignition- driver pulses are greatly increased, thus increasing intensity of target heating and rendering reliable ignition readily attainable. The present design eliminates the need for storage rings. Further innovations are to give the HIF (heavy ion fusion) Driver flexibility to drive multiple chambers in the most general case of different total distances between the linac output and each of the various chambers. Using multiple chambers steeply decreases the pro-rata capital investment and operating costs per power production unit, in turn decreasing the cost of power to users.

Classes IPC  ?

• G21B 1/00 - Réacteurs de fusion thermonucléaire