Neturonic performance of two European breeder-inside-tube (BIT) blankets for demo: The helium cooled ceramic LiAlO{sub 2} with be multiplier and the water cooled liquid Li17Pb
- Centro Ricerche Energia Frascati, Rome (Italy)
In the European Community (EC) Test Blanket programme a selection is foreseen, by 1995 of two blanket designs among those under investigation which can be divided in two groups: those using a solid ceramic breeder, all of them helium cooled and with Be neutron multiplier and those using the Ll{sub 17}-Pb liquid metal breeder which could be self or water cooled, depending on the proposal. The design studies have been carried out according to the latest DEMONET specification (2200 MW fusion power, 20000 hours irradiation full power). The present study concerns the most recent neutronic analyses of the two blankets design in which there is ENEA contribution. Both are based on a BIT concept with poloidal running breeding elements which follow the first wall curvature: (1) the helium cooled ceramic BIT with {gamma}-LiAlO{sub 2} breeder material (75% Ll{sup 6} enriched) and Be as neutron multiplier, which has been studied by ENEA since a long time and from 1990, jointly developed with CEA; (2) the water cooled liquid Li{sub 17}Pb (90% Ll{sup 6} enriched) inside cylindrical breeder modules which was originally proposed by JRC Ispra and now it is jointly developed CEA and ENEA.
- OSTI ID:
- 197036
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940664-; TRN: 95:005767-0212
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ISFNT-3: international symposium on fusion nuclear technology, Los Angeles, CA (United States), 27 Jun - 1 Jul 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Third international symposium on fusion nuclear technology; PB: 362 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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