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Application of Inelastic Method and Its Comparison with Elastic Method for the Assessment of In-Box LOCA Event on EU DEMO HCPB Breeding Blanket Cap Region

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
The Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) breeding blanket, being developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and its partners is one of the two driver blanket candidates to be selected for the European demonstration fusion power plant (EU DEMO ...
Anoop Retheesh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-section sensitivity of tritium breeding in fusion reactor blankets [PDF]

open access: yes, 1973
ion; San Diego, California, USA (16 Apr 1974). The objective of the present study is the identification of crosssection uncertainties which might produce uncertainties of the order of several percent in the tritium breeding ratio in fusion reactor ...
Tobias, M., Steiner, D.
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Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications

open access: yesNuclear Materials and Energy, 2022
One of the key aspects on the future operation of liquid metal-based breeding blankets is the eutectic composition of the lead–lithium (PbLi) alloy.
B. Garcinuño   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Membrane Processes for the Nuclear Fusion Fuel Cycle

open access: yesMembranes, 2018
This paper reviews the membrane processes for the nuclear fusion fuel cycle—namely, the treatment of the plasma exhaust gases and the extraction of tritium from the breeding blankets.
Silvano Tosti, Alfonso Pozio
doaj   +1 more source

Neutronics experiments of dual functional lithium-lead blanket based on D-T fusion neutron source

open access: yesHe jishu, 2022
BackgroundChina Dual Functional Lithium-Lead (DFLL) blanket is designed by the Institute of Nuclear Energy Safety Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences for fusion reactor.
ZENG Zhengkui   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Permeation and trapping of hydrogen in Eurofer97

open access: yesNuclear Materials and Energy, 2021
Diffusion and trapping of hydrogen isotopes in fusion materials need to be fully described in order to evaluate permeation and retention in fusion reactors walls and breeding blankets.
F. Montupet-Leblond   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Studies of fusion reactor blankets with minimum radioactive inventory and with tritium breeding in solid lithium compounds: a preliminary report [PDF]

open access: yes, 1973
The feasibility of fusion reactor blankets with low residual activity is examined. Several designs are examined with regard to activation, tritium breeding ratio, mechanical design, tritium removal from the blanket, and thermal cycle efflciency.
Miles, F.T.   +3 more
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Liquid surfaces for fusion plasma facing components—A critical review. Part I: Physics and PSI

open access: yesNuclear Materials and Energy, 2016
This review of the potential of robust plasma facing components (PFCs) with liquid surfaces for applications in future D/T fusion device summarizes the critical issues for liquid surfaces and research being done worldwide in confinement facilities, and ...
R.E. Nygren, F.L. Tabarés
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing beryllium content in mixed bed solid-type breeder blankets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Beryllium (Be) is a precious resource with many high value uses, the low energy threshold (n,2n) reaction makes Be an excellent neutron multiplier for use in fusion breeder blankets.
Lilley, S.   +6 more
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A Model to Simulate Gas Dissolution into/through Metals and Its Application to Deuterium in a 316L Steel Chamber with Pb-Li in a Quasi-2D Geometry

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Liquid lead-lithium in eutectic proportions (Pb-Li) is a candidate material for Breeding Blankets (BBs) in future Fusion Power Plants (FPP). BB design depends on the diffusivity and Sieverts’ constant (solubility) of tritium in this alloy, but literature
Tiago Pomella Lobo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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