[HTML][HTML] Status of maturation of critical technologies and systems design: Breeding blanket

LV Boccaccini, F Arbeiter, P Arena, J Aubert… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The scope of the EUFOfusion Work Package Breeding Blanket is to develop a blanket
concept for the EU DEMO reactor; this includes the blanket segments inside the Vacuum …

[HTML][HTML] The pre-concept design of the DEMO tritium, matter injection and vacuum systems

C Day, K Battes, B Butler, S Davies, L Farina… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Pre-Concept Design Phase of EU-DEMO, the work package TFV (Tritium–
Matter Injection–Vacuum) has developed a tritium self-sufficient three-loop fuel cycle …

[HTML][HTML] Tokamak cooling systems and power conversion system options

I Moscato, L Barucca, E Bubelis, G Caruso… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT DEMO will be a fusion power plant demonstrating the integration into the grid
architecture of an electric utility grid. The design of the power conversion chain is of …

Design and integration of the EU-DEMO water-cooled lead lithium breeding blanket

P Arena, G Bongiovì, I Catanzaro, C Ciurluini… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The water-cooled lead lithium breeding blanket (WCLL BB) is one of two BB candidate
concepts to be chosen as the driver blanket of the EU-DEMO fusion reactor. Research …

Development of a steam generator mock-up for EU DEMO fusion reactor: Conceptual design and code assessment

A Vannoni, P Lorusso, M Eboli, F Giannetti, C Ciurluini… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent R&D activities in nuclear fusion have identified the DEMO reactor as the ITER
successor, aiming at demonstrating the technical feasibility of fusion plants, along with their …

Conceptual design of the steam generators for the EU DEMO WCLL Reactor

A Tincani, C Ciurluini, A Del Nevo, F Giannetti… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the framework of the EUROfusion Horizon Europe Programme, ENEA and its linked third
parties are in charge of the conceptual design of the steam generators belonging to EU …

Thermal-hydraulic assessment of Once-Through Steam Generators for EU-DEMO WCLL Breeding Blanket primary cooling system application

C Ciurluini, A Vannoni, T Del Moro, P Lorusso… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Once-Through Steam Generators (OTSGs) were recently selected to be installed in
the Primary Heat Transfer Systems (PHTS) related to EU-DEMO WCLL Breeding Blanket …

[HTML][HTML] A review of pipe cutting, welding, and NDE technologies for use in fusion devices

Y Ren, R Skilton - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Piping systems that transport coolant and tritium breeding fluid are naturally an essential
part of the support system of nuclear fusion power plants. Following a campaign of …

Operational characterization of tokamak and stellarator type fusion power plants from an energy system perspective

A Kerekeš, L Breuning, A von Müller, J Gawlick… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fusion power plants are not yet considered specifically in European long-term energy
system studies. In order to include them in such studies a corresponding and valid …

Design of a test section for the experimental investigation of the WCLL manifold hydraulic features

A Collaku, P Arena, A Del Nevo, R Marinari, L Savoldi - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
A scaled-down test section representative of an Outboard Segment manifold of the Water-
Cooled Lithium Lead Breeding Blanket for the European DEMO has been designed for …