NUCLEAR REACTOR Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: nuclear power engineering; fusion reactors. SUBSTANCE: nuclear reactor using mixture that includes hydrogen and its isotopes in the form of fluid insulating medium has insulating vessel resistant to cavitation emission to receive mentioned medium. Vessel accommodates insulating insert of plastic material susceptible to cavitation emission. Insert has one or more holes wherein high-density electric charge is built up, its potential being high enough to ionize hydrogen isotope atoms and to impart energy pulse to these atoms so as to overcome Coulomb barrier and to provide for nuclear interaction when fluid insulating medium such as light water whose resistivity is about 10¹¹ Ohm-m is doped with chemically pure heavy water of same insulating characteristics and proportion required to control the reaction. EFFECT: increased energy for plasma production and maintenance of nuclear reactions within reactor under controlled conditions. 1 cl, 4 dwg