The EU power plant conceptual study - neutronic design analyses for near term and advanced reactor models

Y. Chen, U. Fischer, P. Pereslavtsev, Frej Wasastjerna

Research output: Book/ReportReport

Abstract

Power Plant Conceptual Study (PPCS) has been conducted in the framework of the European fusion programme with the main objective to demonstrate the safety and environmental advantages and the economic viability of fusion power. Power plant models with limited (“near term concepts”) and advanced plasma physics and technological extrapolations (“advanced concepts”) were considered. Two near term plant models were selected, one employing a water cooled lithium-lead (WCLL), and the other one a helium cooled pebble bed (HCPB) blanket. Two variants were also considered for the advanced power plant models, one adopting a liquid metal blanket with a self-cooled lithium-lead breeder zone and a helium cooled steel structure (“dual coolant lithium lead”, DCLL), and the other one a self-cooled lithium-lead (SCLL) blanket with SiCf/SiC composite as structural material.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Number of pages61
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003
MoE publication typeD4 Published development or research report or study

Publication series

SeriesForschungszentrum Karlsruhe. Wissenschaftliche Berichte
NumberFZKA-6763
ISSN0947-8620

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