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On the effects of the supporting frame on the radiation-induced damage of HCLL-TBM structural material
E. OliveriGiuseppe VellaP.a. Di MaioPierluigi Chiovarosubject
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsStructural materialMaterials scienceNuclear engineeringRadiation inducedBlanketFusion powerlaw.inventionNuclear Energy and EngineeringlawGeneral Materials ScienceTEST BLANKET MODULE NUCLEAR RESPONSE ITERSpark plugSettore ING-IND/19 - Impianti NucleariNuclear chemistrydescription
Within the European Fusion Technology Programme, research activities have been conducted on the Helium-Cooled Lithium Lead (HCLL) breeding blanket concept with the aim of manufacturing a Test Blanket Module (TBM) to be irradiated in ITER. HCLL-TBM is planned to be located in an ITER equatorial port, housed inside an AISI 316 stainless steel-supporting frame. Since that frame has been designed to provide two positions separated by a dividing plate and the HCLL-TBM is expected to fill one of them, its nuclear response could vary depending on the filling status of the other position and on the plate thickness. A parametric study has been carried out to investigate the potential effects on the radiation-induced damage of the HCLL-TBM structural material, due to the dividing plate thickness and to the presence of either a void, a water-cooled steel plug, or a Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed TBM in the adjacent frame position.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-01 |