Blanket design and performance for the LOTUS fusion-fission hybrid test facility
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5955977
This report summarizes the results of studies performed during 1982 to design an optimized blanket for the initial series of experiments to be conducted in the LOTUS test facility at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). The experiments are expected to begin in early 1984. An Overview of different hybrid blanket design concepts proposed to date is first given. The technological and economic implications of the different blanket design philosophies are discussed to provide the basis and rationale for the thorium fast-fission blanket design concept selected for the first series of experiments. Detailed description, dimensions, and characteristics of the selected blanket design are given. The neutronic optimization studies on which the design is based are described in detail. Instrumentation and measurement techniques to be used in LOTUS are described elsewhere.
- Research Organization:
- Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering; Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne (Switzerland). Lab. de Genie Atomique
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT06-82ER52076
- OSTI ID:
- 5955977
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER/52076-6; ON: DE83013493
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
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CHALCOGENIDES
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FIRST WALL
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IRON ALLOYS
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NEUTRON SOURCES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE SOURCES
RADIATION SOURCES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
STAINLESS STEELS
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THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
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THORIUM OXIDES
700201* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Blanket Engineering
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALLOYS
BREEDING BLANKETS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONATES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
DESIGN
FIRST WALL
HYBRID REACTORS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LITHIUM CARBONATES
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
NEUTRON SOURCES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE SOURCES
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TEST FACILITIES
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