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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion (2)

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This Defense Intelligence Agency reference document, dated 1 November 2010, is one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2010 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It covers fusion plasma physics, confinement methods, and propulsion concepts that use aneutronic fuels such as hydrogen and boron-11. It concludes that such thrusters may soon replace satellite ion thrusters. It also finds that they will not be practical beyond the solar system without breakthrough propulsion physics.

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  • p. 3 …21 5.3 NASA Programs .................................................................................... 23 5.4 Privately Funded Programs .................................................................. 23 Chapter 6: Future Developments…
  • p. 21 …200 engine is estimated at ~300 kg. NASA intends to test this engine on the International…
  • p. 22 …High-power Hall Current Thrusters (HCT) that electrostatically accelerate Xe ions have been developed by NASA…
  • p. 28 …ITER Design Concept With BWR Size and Blanket Segment NASA PROGRAMS From 1995 until 2002, NASA…
  • p. 36 …Thia et al., "A Summary of the NASA Fusion Propulsion Workshop 2000': Proc. 37 th AIAA…
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Table 4: Advanced Fusion Concept Reactor Companies
COMPANY CONCEPT FUEL FUNDING
Lawrenceville Plasma Dense Plasma Focus (p,"B) Current: $4M
Physics Needed: $4M
Electron Power Systems Colliding Plasma Tori DD Current: $6M
Needed: $SM
General Fusion Pb-Li spun liquid DT Current:$1OM
compression Needed: $!OM
EMC2 Polywell Electrodeless IEC DD, (p,Li), Current: $11M
(p,"B) Needed:$1OOM
TriAlpha Beam-Heated Field (p,"B) Current : $SOM
Reversed Conf. Needed: $10OM
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