The Kronos Integrated Platform: A Spherical-Tokamak Breeder and a Deuterium-Helium-3 Burner as One Strategic-Materials and Power Architecture
The integrated Kronos platform as one architecture: a compact negative-triangularity spherical-tokamak breeder supplying tritium, helium-3, neutrons, and isotopes, and a deuterium-helium-3 burner supplying power at a low neutron fraction, sharing a REBCO magnet basis and a single physics de-risking record. Closure is stated in two tiers throughout: closed-on-model versus closed-demonstrated. The distance to demonstrated closure is three named experiments, not open physics.
Authors
- Priyanca Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-1752)
- G L Kulcinski
Institutions
- Fusion for Energy (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22132156
- Citations
- 84
- Primary Topic
- Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
- Type
- preprint