High performance blanket for ARIES-AT power plant

• Published in: Fusion engineering and design Vol. 58; pp. 549 - 553
• Main Authors: Raffray, A.R, El-Guebaly, L, Gordeev, S, Malang, S, Mogahed, E, Najmabadi, F, Sviatoslavsky, I, Sze, D.K, Tillack, M.S, Wang, X
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-11-2001; New York, NY Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Applied sciences; ARIES-AT power plant; Composite materials; Controled nuclear fusion plants; Coolants; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Exact sciences and technology; Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy; Irradiation; Nuclear power plants; Pb–17Li; Safety factor; Safety features; Silicon carbide; Thermal conductivity; Tokamak devices; Pb–17Li; ARIES-AT power plant; Safety features; Tokamak; Stress analysis; Fiber reinforced material; Lithium; Composite material; Non oxide ceramics; Structural ceramic; Nuclear reactor; Nuclear safety; Nuclear fusion reactor; Blanket; Silicon carbide; Lead; Thermohydraulics; Safety
• ISSN: 0920-3796; 1873-7196
• DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(01)00493-8

The ARIES-AT blanket has been developed with the overall objective of achieving high performance while maintaining attractive safety features, simple design geometry, credible maintenance and fabrication processes, and reasonable design margins as an indication of reliability. The design is based on Pb–17Li as breeder and coolant and SiC
f/SiC composite as structural material. This paper summarizes the results of the design study of this blanket.