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 …
(DEMO) during 2014–2020 under the framework of the EUROfusion consortium. The current …
Advances, challenges, and future perspectives of microwave reflectometry for plasma position and shape control on future nuclear fusion devices
Providing energy from fusion and finding ways to scale up the fusion process to commercial
proportions in an efficient, economical, and environmentally benign way is one of the grand …
proportions in an efficient, economical, and environmentally benign way is one of the grand …
[HTML][HTML] Integrated design strategy for EU-DEMO first wall protection from plasma transients
F Maviglia, C Bachmann, G Federici, T Franke… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work presents an overview of the integrated strategy developed, as part of the DEMO
Key Design Integration Issue 1 (KDII1), to protect the EU-DEMO first wall (FW) from planned …
Key Design Integration Issue 1 (KDII1), to protect the EU-DEMO first wall (FW) from planned …
[HTML][HTML] Impact of plasma-wall interaction and exhaust on the EU-DEMO design
In the present work, the role of plasma facing components protection in driving the EU-
DEMO design will be reviewed, focusing on steady-state and, especially, on transients. This …
DEMO design will be reviewed, focusing on steady-state and, especially, on transients. This …
[HTML][HTML] Limiters for DEMO wall protection: Initial design concepts & technology options
Off-normal macroscopic plasma instabilities which possibly occur in a fusion power plant
represent the most critical operational accidents and pose a serious risk to economically …
represent the most critical operational accidents and pose a serious risk to economically …
Fusion pilot plant performance and the role of a sustained high power density tokamak
JE Menard, BA Grierson, T Brown, C Rana… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent US fusion development strategy reports all recommend that the US should pursue
innovative science and technology to enable construction of a fusion pilot plant (FPP) that …
innovative science and technology to enable construction of a fusion pilot plant (FPP) that …
[HTML][HTML] The transient thermal ageing of Eurofer 97 by mitigated plasma disruptions
Plasma disruptions in a commercial-scale tokamak will impose high magnitude, short-
duration thermal loads on its plasma-facing first wall. Despite a plethora of mitigation …
duration thermal loads on its plasma-facing first wall. Despite a plethora of mitigation …
3D effects on hydrogen transport in ITER-like monoblocks
R Delaporte-Mathurin, R Chochoy, J Mougenot… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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Pressure suppression system influence on vacuum vessel thermal-hydraulics and on source term mobilization during a multiple first Wall–Blanket pipe break
M D'Onorio, G Caruso - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Being the Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System (VVPSS) one of the most
important passive safety systems to be foreseen in DEMO plant, design and integration …
important passive safety systems to be foreseen in DEMO plant, design and integration …
[HTML][HTML] Benefits and challenges of advanced divertor configurations in DEMO
R Kembleton, M Siccinio, F Maviglia… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The divertor design and configuration define the power exhaust capabilities of DEMO, and
act as a major design driver. They set a number of requirements on the tokamak layout …
act as a major design driver. They set a number of requirements on the tokamak layout …