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 enacted with a holistic approach. The influence that neutronics, thermal-hydraulics (TH), thermo-mechanics (TM) and magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD) may have on the design were considered at the same time. This new approach allowed for the design team to create a WCLL BB layout that is able to comply with different foreseen requirements in terms of integration, tritium self-sufficiency, and TH and TM needs. In this paper, the rationale behind the design choices and the main characteristics of the WCLL BB needed for the EU-DEMO are reported and discussed. Finally, the main achievements reached during the pre-conceptual design phase and some remaining open issues to be further investigated in the upcoming conceptual design phase are reported as well.

Arena P., Del Nevo A., Moro F., Noce S., Mozzillo R., Imbriani V., et al. (2021). The demo water-cooled lead–lithium breeding blanket: Design status at the end of the pre-conceptual design phase. APPLIED SCIENCES, 11(24), 11592 [10.3390/app112411592].

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

Di Maio P. A.;Catanzaro I.;
2021-12-01

Abstract

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 enacted with a holistic approach. The influence that neutronics, thermal-hydraulics (TH), thermo-mechanics (TM) and magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD) may have on the design were considered at the same time. This new approach allowed for the design team to create a WCLL BB layout that is able to comply with different foreseen requirements in terms of integration, tritium self-sufficiency, and TH and TM needs. In this paper, the rationale behind the design choices and the main characteristics of the WCLL BB needed for the EU-DEMO are reported and discussed. Finally, the main achievements reached during the pre-conceptual design phase and some remaining open issues to be further investigated in the upcoming conceptual design phase are reported as well.
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Arena P., Del Nevo A., Moro F., Noce S., Mozzillo R., Imbriani V., et al. (2021). The demo water-cooled lead–lithium breeding blanket: Design status at the end of the pre-conceptual design phase. APPLIED SCIENCES, 11(24), 11592 [10.3390/app112411592].
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