First wall and blanket design for the STARFIRE commercial tokamak power reactor
Conference
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OSTI ID:5532708
The first wall and blanket design concepts being evaluated for the STARFIRE commercial tokamak reactor study are presented. The two concepts represent different approaches to the mechanical design of a tritium breeding blanket using the reference materials options. Each concept has a separate ferritic steel first wall cooled by heavy water (D/sub 2/O), and a ferritic steel blanket with solid lithium oxide breeder cooled by helium. A separate helium purge system is used in both concepts to extract tritium. The two concepts are compared and relative advantages and disadvantages for each are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 5532708
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-791102--127
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Conference
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Mon Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1983
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OSTI ID:6028845
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Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985
· Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
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OSTI ID:5503576
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Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985
· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
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OSTI ID:6860697
Related Subjects
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
BREEDING BLANKETS
CARBON ADDITIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
FERRITE
FIRST WALL
HEAVY WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
STARFIRE TOKAMAK
STEELS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
WATER
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
BREEDING BLANKETS
CARBON ADDITIONS
CHALCOGENIDES
DESIGN
FERRITE
FIRST WALL
HEAVY WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
STARFIRE TOKAMAK
STEELS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
WATER