Availability Considerations in the Design of K-DEMO
- PPPL
- NFRI, Korea
A DEMO device has been considered the next step following ITER as a near-term prototypical reactor design that is tritium self-sufficient and produces a limited amount of net electricity. The machine maintenance approach and planned configuration concept plays a major role in establishing the design point. DEMO will also need to show that adequate operating availability can be achieved over a reasonable time period, as a last step before full-scale electricity production. The ability to operate with high availability/reliability plays a key ingredient in defining the DEMO configuration, fostering the need for rapid removal/replacement of limited-life in-vessel components. DEMO pre-conceptual studies are being carried out by South Korea (with US participation) and other countries. The device designs span a range of maintenance approaches from full radial extraction of large in-vessel modules through all TF horizontal openings to vertical maintenance of segmented in-vessel components. Progress made on the S. Korea's K-DEMO design will be provided with emphasis on the design choices identified to promote high availability.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Contributing Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08543 U.S.A.; National Fusion Research Institute, Daejeon 305-333, the Republic of Korea
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-09CH11466
- OSTI ID:
- 1182661
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-5073
- Journal Information:
- 25th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference Proceedings [FIP/P7-1] on IAEA Physics website, Conference: 25th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, 13-18 October 2014.
- Publisher:
- IAEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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