Thermal, mechanical, and neutronic design considerations for a graphite structure Li/sub 2/O cooled blanket

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:5138751

Sze, D K; Sviatoslavsky, I N; Cheng, E T; Avci, H I

A graphite blanket cooled by gravitational flow of lithium oxide is introduced. Due to the low pressure of the blanket, the first wall is no longer required as the vacuum boundary. The maintenance and repairment of such a first wall will be much simplified. Redundancy of the first wall is a built in function. Many problems remain to be solved; among which the most critical ones are blanket vacuum problem, ceramic technology, vacuum heat transfer. Much further work is required to establish the feasibility of this concept.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-2272
• OSTI ID: 5138751
• Report Number(s): UWFDM-223; TRN: 78-008905
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BREEDING BLANKETS
DESIGN
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
COOLANTS
DEGASSING
FIRST WALL
GRAPHITE
GRAVITATION
LITHIUM OXIDES
MAINTENANCE
SHIELDING
SPUTTERING
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
VACUUM SYSTEMS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CARBON
CHALCOGENIDES
ELEMENTS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
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