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 …

Nuclear fusion technologies have re-gained momentum in the last decade thanks to their
disruptive potential in different fields, such as energy production and space propulsion, and …

This paper describes the progress of the DEMO Design Activities in Europe and particularly
the work done to address critical design integration issues that affect the machine …

This paper describes the status of the pre-conceptual design activities in Europe to advance
the technical basis of the design of a DEMOnstration Fusion Power Plant (DEMO) to come in …

Plasma-facing materials and components in a fusion reactor are the interface between the
plasma and the material part. The operational conditions in this environment are probably …

Demonstrating the production of net electricity and operating with a closed fuel-cycle remain
unarguably the crucial steps towards the exploitation of fusion power. These are the aims of …

One important objective of the EU fusion roadmap Horizon 2020 is to lay the foundation of a
Demonstration Fusion Power Reactor (DEMO) to follow ITER, with the capability of …

This paper describes the progress of the DEMO design and R&D activities in Europe. The
focus is on a systems engineering and design integration approach, which is recognized to …

The effective treatment of the heat and power exhaust is a critical issue in the road map to
the realization of the fusion energy. In order to provide possible, reliable, well assessed and …

The design of a DEMO reactor requires the design of a blanket system suitable of reliable T
production and heat extraction for electricity production. In the frame of the EUROfusion …