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Investigation of Wall Effect on Packing Structures and Purge Gas Flow Characteristics in Pebble Beds for Fusion Blanket by Combining Discrete Element Method and Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation

Applied Sciences
In a tritium-breeding blanket of a fusion reaction, helium, used as a tritium-purging gas, will purge the tritium breeder pebble beds to extract the tritium in blanket. The purge gas flow characteristics will affect the tritium extraction efficiency. The
Baoping Gong, Hao Cheng, Bing Zhou, Juemin Yan, Long Wang, Long Zhang, Yongjin Feng, Xiaoyu Wang   +7 more
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Special Issue on “Breeding Blanket: Design, Technology and Performance”

Applied Sciences, 2022
A prerequisite for establishing fusion power as one of the sources for low-carbon electricity generation is the demonstration of the capability of future fusion power plants in achieving tritium self-sufficiency and its capability of efficiently ...
Bradut-Eugen Ghidersa, Lorenzo Virgilio Boccaccini   +1 more
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A Thermal Discrete Element Analysis of EU Solid Breeder Blanket subjected to Neutron Irradiation

, 2014
Due to neutron irradiation, solid breeder blankets are subjected to complex thermo-mechanical conditions. Within one breeder unit, the ceramic breeder bed is composed of spherical-shaped lithium orthosilicate pebbles, and as a type of granular material ...
Annabattula, Ratna, Gan, Yixiang, Hanaor, Dorian, Hernandez, Francisco, Kamlah, Marc, Pereslavtsev, Pavel   +5 more
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Decommissioning Cost Estimate for the Ghana Research Reactor‐1 Facility Using the CERREX‐D2 Software

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The Ghana Research Reactor‐1 facility would certainly be decommissioned, either at the end of its life or by a decision to discontinue its operation. In planning for GHARR‐1’s eventual decommissioning, estimating the overall decommissioning cost is a major activity that needs to be undertaken to support budgeting and decision‐making for the project. To
Emmanuel K. Boafo, Bismark Kwabena Nyamekye, Alfred Gyau, Lilian Hilary, Han Zhang   +4 more
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The investigation of the neutronic responses of components in the K-DEMO

Nuclear Fusion, 2023
The neutronic response of consisting materials of the Korean fusion DEMOnstration reactor (K-DEMO) in its fusion neutron environment is a crucial consideration factor from the conceptual design stage of the K-DEMO.
Byung Chul Kim
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Implications of Innovative Nuclear Technologies on Ghana’s Nuclear Future

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Innovations in nuclear technology have the potential to play a transformative role in Ghana’s pursuit of a secure, reliable and low‐carbon energy future. This review examines recent global advances in nuclear reactor technologies, fuel cycle systems, waste management approaches, regulatory practices and digital applications and assesses their relevance
R. G. Abrefah, B. K. A. Baiden, F. Ameyaw, S. A. Zakaria, Doddy Kastanya   +4 more
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Fusion technologies for Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE)∗

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2013
The Laser Inertial Fusion-based Energy (LIFE) engine design builds upon on going progress at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and offers a near-term pathway to commercial fusion.
Kramer K.J., Latkowski J.F., Abbott R.P., Anklam T.P., Dunne A.M., El-Dasher B.S., Flowers D.L., Fluss M.J., Lafuente A., Loosmore G.A., Morris K.R., Moses E., Reyes S.   +12 more
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Physical Background, Computations and Practical Issues of the Magnetohydrodynamic Pressure Drop in a Fusion Liquid Metal Blanket

Fluids, 2021
In blankets of a fusion power reactor, liquid metal (LM) breeders, such as pure lithium or lead-lithium alloy, circulate in complex shape blanket conduits for power conversion and tritium breeding in the presence of a strong plasma-confining magnetic ...
Sergey Smolentsev
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A Systematic Framework for Risk Assessment of Fusion Blanket: Addressing Manufacturing Defects, Accident Scenarios, and Radioactive Release

Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The breeder blanket, as a critical component in fusion reactors, undertakes three essential functions: tritium breeding, neutron shielding, and thermal energy conversion. Serving as the primary plasma‐facing component, it operates under extreme conditions—including sustained high temperatures, intense neutron irradiation fluxes, significant ...
Ruonan Zhang, Qigang Wu, Yinfeng Zhu, Jiazhu Li, Arkady Serikov   +4 more
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Review of Analytical Lithium Detection and Quantification Methods Along the Lithium Value Chain

Applied Research, Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2025.
This article reviews a selection of suitable state‐of‐the‐art analytical methods for different scales of spatial resolution and detection of lithium for a variety of lithium‐bearing materials along the lithium value chain. The various materials differ greatly in terms of their lithium content by more than 5 orders of magnitude and also vary in their ...
Nico Kropp, Ralf Halama, Ralf B. Wehrspohn   +2 more
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