Abstract
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to critically review the testing and qualification strategy for the DEMO breeding blanket in Europe, identifying the potential risks and weaknesses and recommending, where necessary, the changes required to strengthen or accelerate the programme. Based on the information presented in this paper, a risk mitigation strategy is required to reduce the technological, licencing, and regulatory risks associated with the performance and reliability of the breeding blanket technologies for DEMO. An attractive mitigation option, which was originally proposed more than 30 years ago but not implemented, is to perform testing and qualification of breeding blanket technologies and design concepts in a dedicated nuclear plasma device that serves as a 14 MeV volumetric neutron source.
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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