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Overview of the TFTR Lithium Blanket Module Program

Conference · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
OSTI ID:6765006
The Lithium Blanket Module (LBM) is an {approximately}80-cm{sup 3} module, representative of a helium-cooled lithium oxide fusion reactor blanket module. This paper summarizes the design, development, and construction of the LBM, and indicates the present status of the LBM program. Construction of the LBM provided unique development and manufacturing experience with the mass production of reactor-representative lithium oxide pellets and fuel rods. Neutron activation and tritium assay data from present irradiation experiments with a point-neutron source and future experiments with the TFTR geometrically extended neutron source will reveal the ability to neutronics codes and models to characterize individual blanket module performance in a fusion device assembly.
OSTI ID:
6765006
Report Number(s):
CONF-860610--Summs.
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 52
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English