Plasma Heating & Current Drive

How the breeder heats its plasma and sustains its current.

Auxiliary power

25.9 MW

Methods

NBI + RF

HYPERION heats and drives current with 25.9 MW of auxiliary power via neutral beams and radio-frequency systems. This supplies the non-bootstrap share of the 9.86 MA plasma current and keeps the plasma at its 15 keV operating temperature.

Heating and current-drive efficiency feed directly into the plant power ledger, which is why the auxiliary power is reported explicitly.