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Title: Qualitative Reliability Issues for In-Vessel Solid and Liquid Wall Fusion Designs

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/776390· OSTI ID:910874

This paper presents the results of a study of the qualitative aspects of plasma facing component (PFC) reliability for actively cooled solid wall and liquid wall concepts for magnetic fusion reactor vessels. These two designs have been analyzed for component failure modes. The most important results of that study are given here. A brief discussion of reliability growth in design is included to illustrate how solid wall designs have begun as workable designs and have evolved over time to become more optimized designs with better longevity. The increase in tolerable heat fluxes shows the improvement. Liquid walls could also have reliability growth if the designs had similar development efforts.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
OSTI ID:
910874
Report Number(s):
INEEL/CON-00-00762; TRN: US200802%%251
Resource Relation:
Conference: 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy,Park City, UT,10/15/2000,10/19/2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English