Tauro: a ceramic composite structural material self-cooled Pb—17Li breeder blanket concept
Abstract
The use of a low-activation (LA) ceramic composite (CC) as structural material appears essential to demonstrate the potential of fusion power reactors for being inherently or, at least, passively safe. Tauro is a self-cooled Pb—17Li breeder blanket with a SiC/SiC composite as structure. This study determines the required improvements for existing industrial LA composites (mainly SiC/SiC) in order to render them acceptable for blanket operating conditions. 3D SiC/SiC CC, recently launched on the market, is a promising candidate. A preliminary evaluation of a possible joining technique for SiC/SiC is also described.
- Publication:
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Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Pub Date:
- October 1996
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0022-3115(96)00147-X
- Bibcode:
- 1996JNuM..233.1257R