Initial progress in the first wall, blanket, and shield Engineering Test Program for magnetically confined fusion-power reactors
The first wall/blanket/shield (FW/B/S) Engineering Test Program (ETP) progressed from the planning stage into implementation during July, 1981. The program, generic in nature, comprises four Test Program Elements (TPE's), the emphasis of which is on defining the performance parameters for the Fusion Engineering Device (FED) and the major fusion device to follow FED. These elements are: (1) nonnuclear thermal-hydraulic and thermomechanical testing of first wall and component facsimiles with emphasis on surface heat loads and heat transient (i.e., plasma disruption) effects; (2) nonnuclear and nuclear testing of FW/B/S components and assemblies with emphasis on bulk (nuclear) heating effects, integrated FW/B/S hydraulics and mechanics, blanket coolant system transients, and nuclear benchmarks; (3) FW/B/S electromagnetic and eddy current effects testing, including pulsed field penetration, torque and force restraint, electromagnetic materials, liquid metal MHD effects and the like; and (4) FW/B/S Assembly, Maintenance and Repair (AMR) studies focusing on generic AMR criteria, with the objective of preparing an AMR designers guidebook; also, development of rapid remote assembly/disassembly joint system technology, leak detection and remote handling methods.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6231362
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-811040-197; ON: DE83007790
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BREEDING BLANKETS
CURRENTS
EDDY CURRENTS
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
FIRST WALL
FLUID MECHANICS
HEATING
HYDRAULICS
HYDRODYNAMICS
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
MECHANICS
RADIATION HEATING
REACTOR COMPONENTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SHIELDING
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS