[HTML][HTML] An overview of the EU breeding blanket design strategy as an integral part of the DEMO design effort

G Federici, L Boccaccini, F Cismondi… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of the newly revised design and development strategy for
the DEMO breeding blanket in Europe. This has been defined to take into account the input …

Recent progress in developing a feasible and integrated conceptual design of the WCLL BB in EUROfusion project

A Del Nevo, P Arena, G Caruso, P Chiovaro… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The water-cooled lithium-lead breeding blanket is in the pre-conceptual design phase. It is a
candidate option for European DEMO nuclear fusion reactor. This breeding blanket concept …

The demo water-cooled lead–lithium breeding blanket: Design status at the end of the pre-conceptual design phase

P Arena, A Del Nevo, F Moro, S Noce, R Mozzillo… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Water-Cooled Lead–Lithium Breeding Blanket (WCLL BB) is one of the two blanket
concept candidates to become the driver blanket of the EU-DEMO reactor. The design was …

Irradiation damage concurrent challenges with RAFM and ODS steels for fusion reactor first-wall/blanket: a review

A Bhattacharya, SJ Zinkle, J Henry… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Reduced activation ferritic martensitic (RAFM) and oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS)
steels are the most promising candidates for fusion first-wall/blanket (FW/B) structures. The …

Advancements in DEMO WCLL breeding blanket design and integration

E Martelli, A Del Nevo, P Arena… - … Journal of Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The water‐cooled lithium–lead breeding blanket is a candidate option for the European
Demonstration Power Plant (DEMO) nuclear fusion reactor. This breeding blanket concept …

Progress in EU Breeding Blanket design and integration

F Cismondi, LV Boccaccini, G Aiello, J Aubert… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In Europe (EU), in the frame of the EUROfusion consortium activities, four Breeding Blanket
(BB) concepts are being developed with the aim of fulfilling the performances required by a …

[HTML][HTML] Containment structures and port configurations

C Bachmann, L Ciupinski, C Gliss, T Franke… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article describes the DEMO cryostat, the vacuum vessel, and the tokamak building as
well as the system configurations to integrate the main in-vessel components and auxiliary …

Atmospheric plasma spraying of functionally graded steel/tungsten layers for the first wall of future fusion reactors

S Heuer, J Matějíček, M Vilémová, M Koller… - Surface and coatings …, 2019 - Elsevier
Functionally graded steel/tungsten layers may be used as interlayers in the first wall of future
fusion reactors to balance thermally-induced stress peaks in the steel‑tungsten joint. In this …

Recent progress in the WCLL breeding blanket design for the DEMO fusion reactor

A Tassone, A Del Nevo, P Arena… - … on Plasma Science, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The water-cooled lithium-lead (PbLi) breeding blanket is one of the candidate systems
considered for the implementation in the European Demonstration Power Plant (DEMO) …

Advancements in designing the demo driver blanket system at the EU demo pre-conceptual design phase: overview, challenges and opportunities

FA Hernández, P Arena, LV Boccaccini… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The EU conducted the pre-conceptual design (PCD) phase of the demonstration reactor
(DEMO) during 2014–2020 under the framework of the EUROfusion consortium. The current …