Blanket system selection for the ARIES-ST
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چکیده
The ARIES-ST (Spherical Tokamak) is to investigate the attractiveness of a low-aspect-device as the confinement concept for a fusion power plant. The key driven force of the ST design is caused by the center column conductor. The design selected is a water-cooled Cu normal conductor. This selection has a major impact on the blanket design and selection, tritium breeding and over-all power balance. The blanket selected is a dual coolant concept, partially decided by the characteristics of the center conductor. The final blanket design is modified from the dual coolant concept, which developed under the EC DEMO program. The reason for this selection and the design issues are summarized in this paper. © 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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