Overview of recent ITER TBM Program activities

LM Giancarli, X Bravo, S Cho, M Ferrari… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The ITER Test Blanket Module (TBM) Program has significantly evolved since 2018.
The number of equatorial ports allocated for operating the Test Blanket Systems (TBSs) has …

Overview of progress on water cooled ceramic breeder blanket in Japan

Y Kawamura, T Hirose, W Guan, Y Miyoshi… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract National institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) are the
implementing body of ITER project in Japan and takes the lead in fusion DEMO reactor …

Blanket test facility for mockup testing on water cooled ceramic breeder blanket system

T Katagiri, W Guan, A Wakasa, M Nakajima… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Intensive research and development activities have been conducted for designing a water-
cooled ceramic breeder (WCCB) blanket system. In this system 325° C/15.5 MPa of …

Effect of the internal pressure of helium bubbles on the morphology and mobility of beryllium

Y Sugimoto, K Hara, M Haruta, H Kurata, JH Kim… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Beryllium (Be) has been selected as the plasma-facing material and a neutron multiplier in
ITER. Be is exposed to burning plasma, and helium (He) bubbles are formed and grow …

Design and manufacturing of tritium-carrier process pipes and associated guard-pipe for ITER Test Blanket Systems

R Pascal, P Avigni, JF Berenguer, I Blain… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract For the ITER TBM Program, two equatorial ports (# 16,# 18) of the machine are
dedicated to the operations of four independent Test Blanket Systems (TBSs). Each TBS is …

Effects of long-term high temperature annealing on Li2TiO3 and advanced core-shell Li2TiO3-Li4SiO4 tritium breeders

S Gu, B Ji, C Wang, Q Qi, HS Zhou, Y Zhang… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present work investigates the evolution of mechanical performance and provides a
comprehensive study of the changes in microstructure, phase, and compositional elements …

Electromagnetic analysis of cylindrical WCCB TBM

W Guan, H Gwon, H Tanigawa, T Hirose… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, electromagnetic analyses of cylindrical water-cooled ceramic breeder test
blanket module under the three types of ITER plasma disruption scenarios were conducted …

R&D activities for fusion DEMO in the QST Rokkasho Fusion Institute

Y Ishii, N Aiba, M Ando, N Asakura… - Fusion Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The current status and the progress of research and development (R&D) activities for a
Fusion DEMO reactor in the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and …

The energy output equilibrium scheme with intermediate energy storage for tokamak fusion power plant

H Li, Z Liang, K Xiang, Q Xu, H Su, Z Song… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Different from the design of nuclear fission power plant, the design of fusion power plant
needs to consider the problem of discontinuous fusion energy output from nuclear island …

Baseline design of laser fusion research reactor with MW class laser facility

A Iwamoto, M Tanaka, K Shigemori, R Kodama - Nuclear Fusion, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose a sub-ignition/burning reactor which is named the Laser-fusion Subcritical
Power Reactor Engineering Method (L-Supreme). The reliabilities of L-Supreme in a MW …