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The Concept of Creating a Thermonuclear Reactor with Neutron Heating (3He-D-T) Plasma

S. N. Stolbov1,*, Yu. V. Drobyshevsky1, I. M. Anfimov2, V. A. Varlachev3, S. P. Kobeleva2, S. A. Nekrasov4,  A. V. Korzhenevsky1, A. V. Oginov5

1Proteus LLC, Zelenograd 124498, Moscow, Russia.

2National Research Technological University “MISIS”, Moscow 119049, Russia.

3National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk 634034, Russia.

4Central Economic and Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117418, Russia.

5Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.

*Corresponding author: S. N. Stolbov

Published: June 16,2025

Abstract

The creation of thermonuclear reactors with a catalytically provided approach to the implementation of a thermonuclear reaction of high specific power and dynamically stable is proposed. The reactor is undergoing internal neutron plasma heating in interaction with D and 3He fuel composition, with a catalytically stabilized combustion process. The fuel composition is heated by its interaction with neutrons generated in the plasma, which are returned by thermal ones. The resulting plasma is trapped, removed, and accelerated along the magnetic field. The reactor's fuel cycle is closed for tritium, helium-3, and neutrons. In the process of work, they burn out and are developed again. It is extremely important that the n-3He-D-T system has positive neutron feedback. This is due to the fact that the cross section and rate of neutron reactions with 3He (   ) are higher than those of other thermonuclear reactions over the entire temperature range. The reaction produces fast T ions interacting with D and 3He of the fuel composition with high energy release, plasma heating, and neutron generation. Neutrons released from the plasma return to it due to the use of a decelerating moderating structure (MFS) as a device for thermalizing and forming a directed neutron flux, which increases the efficiency of their return. Deceleration of neutrons increases the density in the flow of thermal neutrons returned to the plasma (reducing their velocity). The simulation allowed us to conclude that a thermonuclear fusion reactor with an internal catalytic cycle and (n-3He-D-T) plasma heating is physically feasible and relatively compact.

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How to cite this paper

The Concept of Creating a Thermonuclear Reactor with Neutron Heating (3He-D-T) Plasma

How to cite this paper: S. N. Stolbov, Yu. V. Drobyshevsky, I. M. Anfimov, V. A. Varlachev, S. P. Kobeleva, S. A. Nekrasov,  A. V. Korzhenevsky, A. V. Oginov. (2025) The Concept of Creating a Thermonuclear Reactor with Neutron Heating (3He-D-T) Plasma. Scientific Access1(1), 33-41.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/sa.2025.06.008