Introduction to Z-pinch fusion fission hybrid energy

Xianjue PENG; Liangji ZHOU; Hongwen HUANG; Xueming SHI

doi:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250100

NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070002(2025)

Introduction to Z-pinch fusion fission hybrid energy

Xianjue PENG^1,2, Liangji ZHOU³, Hongwen HUANG⁴, and Xueming SHI^1、*

¹National Key Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China

²(Tianfu Innovation Energy Establishment, Chengdu 610213, China) 3(Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China)

³Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of basic processes of Z-pinch fusion

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Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of Z-pinch load and target (color online)

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Fig. 3. Research history of LTD technology in CAEP (China Academy of Engineering Physics)

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Fig. 4. Conceptual design diagram of the 50 MA Z-pinch device

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Fig. 5. Schematic diagram of the Z-pinch fusion-fission hybrid reactor (color online)

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Fig. 6. Long-term neutronics characteristics of the ultradeep subcritical blanket of Z-FFR (color online)

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Table 1. Status of advanced fission reactors

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Table 1. Status of advanced fission reactors

堆型

Reactor type

主要应用场景

Main application scenarios

技术发展阶段

Technology development stage

钠冷快堆

Sodium cooled fast reactor

闭式燃料循环

Closed the fuel cycle

俄罗斯商业示范堆BN800建成，中国示范快堆1号机组建成Russian BN800 and Chinese demonstration fast reactor Unit 1 are in operation

铅冷快堆

Lead cooled fast reactor

闭式燃料循环/小型化多用途Closed fuel cycle/multipurpose SMR

俄罗斯Brest-300于2021年开工，关键工艺技术研究

Russia Brest-300 begins construction in 2021,

research on key process technologies underway

气冷快堆

Gas cooled fast reactor

闭式燃料循环

Closed the fuel cycle

目前有关键技术难以克服

Facing key technology obstacles to overcome

超临界水堆

Supercritical water reactors

在压水堆的基础上提高经济性与安全性Improvement of the economy and safety based on pressurized water reactors

关键技术和可行性研究

Key technology research and feasibility studies

超高温气冷堆Ultrahigh temperature gas-cooled reactor

核能的高温利用

High temperature utilization

高温气冷堆示范工程建成China 20 MW HTGR demonstration project in operation

熔盐堆Molten salt reactor thorium resource

熔盐堆

Thorium resource utilization

2 MW液态燃料钍基熔盐堆建成，关键工艺技术攻关

China 2 MW liquid fuel thorium-based molten salt reactor in operation, research on key process technologies underway

加速器驱动次临界系统Accelerator Driven Subcritical system (ADS)

嬗变

Transmutation

关键工艺技术研究

Research on key process technologies underway

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Category: Special Issue on The First Academic Annual Conference of the Research Reactor and Innovative Reactor Association of Chinese Nuclear Society and Advanced Nuclear Power System Reactor Engineering

Received: Mar. 7, 2025

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

The Author Email: Xueming SHI (SHIXueming)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250100

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