The objective of the ITER TBM Program is to provide the first experimental data on the
performance of the breeding blankets in the integrated fusion nuclear environment. Such …

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 …

The development and demonstration of fusion power plant facilities require advancement of
multiphysics modeling capabilities. These capabilities provide an integrated platform for …

The DCLL is an attractive breeding blanket concept that leads to a high-temperature (T∼
700° C), high thermal efficiency (η> 40%) blanket system. The key element of the concept is …

During the last years CIEMAT has been leading the activities in the European Program to
develop an integral breeding blanket with advanced performances to work in a realistic …

Liquid metal breeders such as Lithium or the eutectic Lead-Lithium alloy PbLi have the
potential for attractive breeding blankets, especially if the liquid metal serves as breeder and …

Safe, reliable and efficient tritium management in the breeder blanket faces unique
technological challenges. Beside the tritium recovery efficiency in the tritium extraction and …

Abstract A Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) has been recognized in the fusion
community as a necessary facility to resolve the critical technology issues of in-vessel …

Abstract Flow Channel Inserts (FCIs) are key elements in a DCLL blanket concept for DEMO,
since they provide the required thermal insulation between the He cooled structural steel …

Calculations were performed to quantify the damage parameters in the leading candidate
structural and plasma facing materials when used in magnetic and inertial confinement …