WCLL breeding blanket design and integration for DEMO 2015: status and perspectives

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WCLL breeding blanket design and integration for DEMO 2015: status and perspectives

Andrea Tarallo Pietro Agostini A. Del Nevo Marco Utili G. Mariano Emanuela Martelli Rocco Mozzillo Rosaria Villari Fabio Moro G. Di Gironimo Fabio Giannetti Gianfranco Caruso P. Arena G. Bongiovì R. Giammusso Mariano Tarantino P.a. Di Maio Alessandro Tassone D. Rozzia Marica Eboli A. Giovinazzi

subject

Neutron transport Computer science Blanket 7. Clean energy 01 natural sciences breeding blanket; CFD; DEMO; WCLL 010305 fluids & plasmas law.invention law 0103 physical sciences Design choice General Materials Science 010306 general physics WCLL Breeding blanket DEMO Settore ING-IND/19 - Impianti Nucleari Civil and Structural Engineering WCLL Breeding blanket DEMO business.industry Mechanical Engineering Lead system Pressurized water reactor Fusion power Modular design Nuclear Energy and Engineering Systems engineering business Transport system

description

Abstract Water-cooled lithium-lead breeding blanket is considered a candidate option for European DEMO nuclear fusion reactor. ENEA and the linked third parties have proposed and are developing a multi-module blanket segment concept based on DEMO 2015 specifications. The layout of the module is based on horizontal (i.e. radial-toroidal) water-cooling tubes in the breeding zone, and on lithium lead flowing in radial-poloidal direction. This design choice is driven by the rationale to have a modular design, where a basic geometry is repeated along the poloidal direction. The modules are connected with a back supporting structure, designed to withstand thermal and mechanical loads due to normal operation and selected postulated accidents. Water and lithium lead manifolds are designed and integrated with a consistent primary heat transport system, based on a reliable pressurized water reactor operating experience, and the lithium lead system. Rationale and features of current status of water-cooled lithium-lead breeding blanket design are discussed and supported by thermo-mechanics, thermo-hydraulics and neutronics analyses. Open issues and areas of research and development needs are finally pointed out.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2017-11-01	Fusion Engineering and Design

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.03.020