Major features of DT tokamak fusion reactor systems

Work is currently underway in the field of fusion reactor design on problems associated with (D-T)- burning tokamak devices such as TFTR, JET and T-10. Additional related programmes have been outlined for the longer-range development of experimental power reactors (EPRs) designed to produce several hundred megawatts of thermal power. The design requirements for still larger (> 500 MW(e)), electric- or fission fuel-producing reactors that might appear near the turn of the century have also been studied by several groups, and more than ten such designs have already been proposed.