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.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-08-28
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22132156
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84
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Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
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The Kronos Integrated Platform: A Spherical-Tokamak Breeder and a Deuterium-Helium-3 Burner as One Strategic-Materials and Power Architecture

Priyanca Ford, G L Kulcinski
84 citations
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
preprint

The Kronos Integrated Platform: A Spherical-Tokamak Breeder and a Deuterium-Helium-3 Burner as One Strategic-Materials and Power Architecture

Priyanca Ford, G L Kulcinski
preprint en
84 citations

Abstract

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.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Fusion for Energy (ES)
Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
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