An injector design for the Reference Mirror Reactor is described which uses negative ions created by charge-exchange in a cesium vapor cell and neutralized by photodetachment. Some of the innovations discussed include a continuously operating cathode for an LBL/LLL ion source, a negative ion beam line with cooled grids, a high voltage accelerator configuration with insulators shielded from the neutron and gamma flux, and cryopanels which continuously cycle between pumping and outgassing modes.

Some estimates of the shape of C/sub s/ ion and C/sub s/ atom interaction potentials suggest that the C/sup +//sub s/ + C/sup +//sub s/ charge transfer cross section may be less than 10/sup -15/ cm/sup 2/.