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LNF: Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)

2025-04-07T14:19:32Z

BelitGarcinuno:

== LNF - Nationally funded project ==

'''Title''': '''Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)'''

'''Reference''': PID2022-140644OA-I00

'''Programme and date''': Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento, convocatoria 2022

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': Tipo A

'''Area/subarea (Área temática / subárea)''': Energía y transporte

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-3122]

'''Project type''': Proyecto individual

'''Start-end dates''': 01/09/2023 - 01/09/2026

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 100.000,00 €

'''Website''': https://agenda.ciemat.es/event/4910/

== Description of the project ==

This proposal aims to address key activities related to liquid metals in the international Fusion scientific program, through dedicated experimental activities supported by theoretical simulations. One of the main operational objectives of a fusion reactor is to ensure tritium self-sufficiency, but techniques currently proposed for tritium extraction have not been fully validated, both from the numerical and experimental points of view. The experiments proposed in Fusion LUTHYER are focused on the validation of a technique for tritium extraction from PbLi based on Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV).The backbone of the project is devoted to the experimental expoliation of the PbLi circuit CLIPPER, already in operation at LML. CLIPPER is an experimental facility designed to provide a flexible operational scenario for the validation of the Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV) technique for tritium extraction from PbLi. This technology can be applied by means of tritium permeation through a membrane or by the direct exposition of the liquid metal to the vacuum.
Fusion LUTHYER is organized in four blocks:

- ''Extraction of light ions from liquid metals''. Tritium extraction from the liquid metal compiles a critical unsolved issue, since the presence of H-isotopes directly impairs safety and maintenance of the installation. Different extraction techniques have been proposed along the years, and of them the permeation against vacuum (PAV) has been selected as the most suitable for DEMO. To perform this kind of experiments at laboratory scale, hydrogen isotopes cannot be generated in the liquid metal through nuclear reactions. Therefore, gas injection systems and concentration sensors are needed, and the support of modeling and chemical characterization activities is a key aspect.

- ''Detection of light ions in liquid metals''. There is a need to monitor the content of H, and more specifically the content of tritium, during the operation of the experiment. The reference solution for monitoring is the chemical analysis off-beam by means of PbLi specimens extracted from the loop. An on-line monitoring is foreseen by the development of two sensors for hydrogen isotopes; the first one is based on the permeation against vacuum technology; the second one, based on electrochemical measurements.

- ''Modelling activities in support of the experiments''. The modelling is an essential tool for the definition of the experiments. It compiles all physic-chemical processes with the operational parameters of the CLIPPER loop to obtain results in the limit of detection of the equipment and comparable to what is expected. One of the most attractive principles of nuclear fusion is that the radioactive waste produced in a commercial reactor should be classified as Low-Level Waste (LLW) within 100 years after the end of life (EOL).

-'' Analysis activities in support of the experiments''. A proper characterization of the PbLi materials is fundamental not only for the development of tritium efficient extraction methods, but also for tritium inventory control.

As a summary, the activities proposed in the framework of the Fusion LUTHYER project include a set of experimental and modeling tasks focused on some challenges in the liquid metals technology (PbLi) for its application to critical systems in the path to a DEMO reactor, as the tritium extraction system.



== References ==
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The CIEMAT LiPb Loop Permeation Experiment”, Fusion Eng. Des. 146 (2019) 1228-1232
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The Tritium Extraction and Removal System for the DCLL-DEMO fusion reactor”, Nucl. Fusion 58 (2018) 095002
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Design and fabrication of a Permeator Against Vacuum prototype for small scale testing at Lead-Lithium facility”, Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 871-875
# F.R. Urgorri et al., "Theoretical evaluation of the tritium extraction from liquid metal flows through a free surface and through a permeable membrane" Nuclear Fusion 63 (2023) 63 046025
# F.R. Urgorri et al., A “Tritium transport modeling at system level for the EUROfusion dual coolant lithium-lead breeding blanket”,Nucl. Fusion, 57 (2017) 116045
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Development of an on-line sensor for hydrogen isotopes monitoring in flowing lithium at DONES” Fusion Eng. Des. 161 (2020) 112010
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”, Nucl. Mater. Energy 30, pp. 101146 (2022)
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental refutation of the deuterium permeability in vanadium, niobium and tantalum" Fusion Engineering and Design 146-A (2019) 224-227
# I. Peñalva et al., "Hydrogen Transport Model in Eutectic PbLi for Data Evaluation in an Absorption-Desorption Experimental Facility" Fusion Science and Technology (2024) 80(3–4) 596–606
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental Determination of Hydrogen Isotope Transport Parameters in Vanadium" Membranes 2022, 12(6), 579
# D. Rapisarda et al., “The European Dual Coolant Lithium Lead breeding blanket for DEMO: status and perspectives”, Nucl. Fusion 61 (2021) 1150011
# I. Palermo et al., “Tritium production assessment for the DCLL EUROfusion DEMO”, Nucl. Fusion 56 (2016) 104001
# I. Palermo et al., “Radiological impact mitigation of waste coming from the European fusion reactor DEMO with DCLL breeding blanket” Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 1257-1262
# G. A. Spagnuolo et al., "Integration issues on tritium management of the European DEMO Breeding Blanket and ancillary systems" Fusion Engineering and Design 171 (2021) 112573
# M. Utili et al., "Design and Integration of the WCLL Tritium Extraction and Removal System into the European DEMO Tokamak Reactor" Energies 2023, 16(13), 5231

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LNF: Producción industrial Pb-15.7Li

2025-02-11T11:38:53Z

BelitGarcinuno: /* References */

== LNF - Public Private Partnership ==

'''Title''': '''PRODUCCIÓN INDUSTRIAL DE LA ALEACIÓN EUTÉCTICA DE LITIO-PLOMO- EUTECTICS®'''

'''Reference''': CPP2021-008665

'''Programme and date''': PROGRAMA ESTATAL PARA IMPULSAR LA INVESTIGACIÓN
CIENTÍFICO-TÉCNICA Y SU TRANSFERENCIA, DEL PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA, TÉCNICA
Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2021-2023, EN EL MARCO DEL PLAN DE RECUPERACIÓN, TRANSFORMACIÓN Y
RESILIENCIA

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': COLABORACIÓN PÚBLICO-PRIVADA

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño (CIEMAT)

'''Project type''': Proyecto coordinado

'''Start-end dates''': 2022 - 2025

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 599.549,80 €

== Description of the project ==

The eutectic alloy of lithium and lead [15,7(2) % at Li with exact composition yet to be certified] is a functional tritium regenerating material and "base of design" for fusion reactors under construction, ITER and future (DEMO).
ITER will require tons of the alloy as material in the systems (TBM, Test Blanket Modules) together with tons of the material for the ongoing experimental programs around the world: in the EU, Japan, India, the United States , Korea and China. The material was born at the end of the 70s as a proposal for laboratory material [D.K. Sze (INEL, United States), v. Coen (JRC Ispra, EU)] on a laboratory scale far from the quality standards of a nuclear material.
Industrial and development returns in the coming years in the EU alone are estimated at around €40 million, depending on certain programmatic variables and the demonstration of its manufacture under Nuclear Material standards (IAEA Standards, RCC_MR Codes, ISO, ASTM,...) represents a technological challenge of the first order and is, without a doubt, an enormous opportunity for potential contribution and industrial returns from Spanish companies to ITER. Producing the alloy without quality assurance is not high-tech and some well-known laboratories in the world do it. Producing the alloy with the required quality assurance of a nuclear material and whose characteristics affect the safety of the reactor, is a true high-tech challenge in aspects related with: (1) the final certification of the title in lithium, (2) the homogeneity without segregation of lithium at sub millimetric scales, (3) the extreme control of impurities and (4) the demands of certified characterization of its functional database under standards as nuclear material. The production of the eutectic alloy for its final use in ITER (N, TT, IN phases of TBMs) requires the capacity to produce significant quantities of 6Li and the demonstration of an industrially scalable and quality-assured alloying technique. Our Project aims to demonstrate the manufacturing capacity of the material with the complete Quality Assurance of the eutectic as nuclear material from an industrially scalable technique to meet the assessed supply demands in the EU and in other ITER Programs.
The main challenge of the project consists of the experimental demonstration of an industrially scalable production technique of the eutectic alloy of Lithium-Lead (Pb-15.7(2)Li); along with the enrichment capacity in 6Li, all under Nuclear Material Standards.
Its 4 main OBJECTIVES: (1) Establishment of the Standard (UNE) of Quality of the material in its production, handling and qualification. Establishment of a national network of characterization and qualification laboratories. (2) Experimental demonstration of a scalable Li(6) isotopic separation technique (1 kg); (3) Experimental demonstration of a Li-Pb mixing technique under quality requirements; industrially scalable (1 Tn); (4) Key actions towards industrialization in the production of lots of Pb-15.76Li.
To achieve the Objectives of the Project, the activities are structured in the realization of 22 specific tasks of public-private collaboration between our Company FUS_ALIANZ and the Chemical Institute of Sarrià, the Rovira i Virgili University, CIEMAT, IDONIAL and CIEMAT. Nominated subcontractors are UNED, IPUL (Latvia) and Riera Nadeu S.A.



== References ==
<references />
[1] Belit Garcinuño, Rocío Fernández-Saavedra, Teresa Hernández, Alberto Quejido, David Rapisarda; “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”; NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2022.101146

[2] M. I. Barrena et al., “Obtención de aleaciones eutécticas PbLi mediante procesos de fusion”, Rev. Metal. 48-6 (2012) 437-444

[3] R. Fernández-Saavedra, B. Garcinuño, M. Gómez-Mancebo, F. Borlaf, A. Cardona, M. González-Macías, M. Clavero, J. Patiño, J. Navas, T. Hernández, J. García-Ferreño, J. Artímez, J. Abellà, S. Colominas, J. Herranz, L. Sedano, D. Rapisarda, A. Quejido, Comparative study of preparation methods and properties of lead-lithium eutectic for fusion technology. 15th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technologies (15-ISFNT) – Poster presentation PS4-61. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (España) 10-15 septiembre 2023

[4] L. Sedano, M. Guasch, J. Abellà , S. Colominas, F. Medina, J.M. Artimez, D. Rapisarda, B. Garcinuño, R. Fernandez, F. Ogando, L. Buligin, Producción industrial de la aleación eutéctica de litio-plomo enriquecida en 6Li (Pb-15.76Li): material estratégico en Tecnología de Fusión. 47ª Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Nuclear Española, Poster 40_05. Cartagena (España) 26-30 septiembre 2022

[5] B. Garcinuño, R. Fernández-Saavedra, T. Hernández, A. Quejido, D. Rapisarda, Protocol for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications. 20th International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials (20-ICFRM) – Poster T_PS_2_C-79. Virtual meeting, 24-29 octubre 2021

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LNF: Producción industrial Pb-15.7Li

2025-02-11T11:37:21Z

BelitGarcinuno: /* References */

== LNF - Public Private Partnership ==

'''Title''': '''PRODUCCIÓN INDUSTRIAL DE LA ALEACIÓN EUTÉCTICA DE LITIO-PLOMO- EUTECTICS®'''

'''Reference''': CPP2021-008665

'''Programme and date''': PROGRAMA ESTATAL PARA IMPULSAR LA INVESTIGACIÓN
CIENTÍFICO-TÉCNICA Y SU TRANSFERENCIA, DEL PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA, TÉCNICA
Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2021-2023, EN EL MARCO DEL PLAN DE RECUPERACIÓN, TRANSFORMACIÓN Y
RESILIENCIA

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': COLABORACIÓN PÚBLICO-PRIVADA

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño (CIEMAT)

'''Project type''': Proyecto coordinado

'''Start-end dates''': 2022 - 2025

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 599.549,80 €

== Description of the project ==

The eutectic alloy of lithium and lead [15,7(2) % at Li with exact composition yet to be certified] is a functional tritium regenerating material and "base of design" for fusion reactors under construction, ITER and future (DEMO).
ITER will require tons of the alloy as material in the systems (TBM, Test Blanket Modules) together with tons of the material for the ongoing experimental programs around the world: in the EU, Japan, India, the United States , Korea and China. The material was born at the end of the 70s as a proposal for laboratory material [D.K. Sze (INEL, United States), v. Coen (JRC Ispra, EU)] on a laboratory scale far from the quality standards of a nuclear material.
Industrial and development returns in the coming years in the EU alone are estimated at around €40 million, depending on certain programmatic variables and the demonstration of its manufacture under Nuclear Material standards (IAEA Standards, RCC_MR Codes, ISO, ASTM,...) represents a technological challenge of the first order and is, without a doubt, an enormous opportunity for potential contribution and industrial returns from Spanish companies to ITER. Producing the alloy without quality assurance is not high-tech and some well-known laboratories in the world do it. Producing the alloy with the required quality assurance of a nuclear material and whose characteristics affect the safety of the reactor, is a true high-tech challenge in aspects related with: (1) the final certification of the title in lithium, (2) the homogeneity without segregation of lithium at sub millimetric scales, (3) the extreme control of impurities and (4) the demands of certified characterization of its functional database under standards as nuclear material. The production of the eutectic alloy for its final use in ITER (N, TT, IN phases of TBMs) requires the capacity to produce significant quantities of 6Li and the demonstration of an industrially scalable and quality-assured alloying technique. Our Project aims to demonstrate the manufacturing capacity of the material with the complete Quality Assurance of the eutectic as nuclear material from an industrially scalable technique to meet the assessed supply demands in the EU and in other ITER Programs.
The main challenge of the project consists of the experimental demonstration of an industrially scalable production technique of the eutectic alloy of Lithium-Lead (Pb-15.7(2)Li); along with the enrichment capacity in 6Li, all under Nuclear Material Standards.
Its 4 main OBJECTIVES: (1) Establishment of the Standard (UNE) of Quality of the material in its production, handling and qualification. Establishment of a national network of characterization and qualification laboratories. (2) Experimental demonstration of a scalable Li(6) isotopic separation technique (1 kg); (3) Experimental demonstration of a Li-Pb mixing technique under quality requirements; industrially scalable (1 Tn); (4) Key actions towards industrialization in the production of lots of Pb-15.76Li.
To achieve the Objectives of the Project, the activities are structured in the realization of 22 specific tasks of public-private collaboration between our Company FUS_ALIANZ and the Chemical Institute of Sarrià, the Rovira i Virgili University, CIEMAT, IDONIAL and CIEMAT. Nominated subcontractors are UNED, IPUL (Latvia) and Riera Nadeu S.A.



== References ==
<references />
[1] Belit Garcinuño, Rocío Fernández-Saavedra, Teresa Hernández, Alberto Quejido, David Rapisarda; “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”; NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2022.101146

[2] M. I. Barrena et al., “Obtención de aleaciones eutécticas PbLi mediante procesos de fusion”, Rev. Metal. 48-6 (2012) 437-444

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2025-02-11T11:28:04Z

BelitGarcinuno:

LNF: Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)

2025-02-11T11:20:15Z

BelitGarcinuno: /* References */

== LNF - Nationally funded project ==

'''Title''': '''Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)'''

'''Reference''': PID2022-140644OA-I00

'''Programme and date''': Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento, convocatoria 2022

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': Tipo A

'''Area/subarea (Área temática / subárea)''': Energía y transporte

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-3122]

'''Project type''': Proyecto individual

'''Start-end dates''': 01/09/2023 - 01/09/2026

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 100.000,00 €

== Description of the project ==

This proposal aims to address key activities related to liquid metals in the international Fusion scientific program, through dedicated experimental activities supported by theoretical simulations. One of the main operational objectives of a fusion reactor is to ensure tritium self-sufficiency, but techniques currently proposed for tritium extraction have not been fully validated, both from the numerical and experimental points of view. The experiments proposed in Fusion LUTHYER are focused on the validation of a technique for tritium extraction from PbLi based on Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV).The backbone of the project is devoted to the experimental expoliation of the PbLi circuit CLIPPER, already in operation at LML. CLIPPER is an experimental facility designed to provide a flexible operational scenario for the validation of the Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV) technique for tritium extraction from PbLi. This technology can be applied by means of tritium permeation through a membrane or by the direct exposition of the liquid metal to the vacuum.
Fusion LUTHYER is organized in four blocks:

- ''Extraction of light ions from liquid metals''. Tritium extraction from the liquid metal compiles a critical unsolved issue, since the presence of H-isotopes directly impairs safety and maintenance of the installation. Different extraction techniques have been proposed along the years, and of them the permeation against vacuum (PAV) has been selected as the most suitable for DEMO. To perform this kind of experiments at laboratory scale, hydrogen isotopes cannot be generated in the liquid metal through nuclear reactions. Therefore, gas injection systems and concentration sensors are needed, and the support of modeling and chemical characterization activities is a key aspect.

- ''Detection of light ions in liquid metals''. There is a need to monitor the content of H, and more specifically the content of tritium, during the operation of the experiment. The reference solution for monitoring is the chemical analysis off-beam by means of PbLi specimens extracted from the loop. An on-line monitoring is foreseen by the development of two sensors for hydrogen isotopes; the first one is based on the permeation against vacuum technology; the second one, based on electrochemical measurements.

- ''Modelling activities in support of the experiments''. The modelling is an essential tool for the definition of the experiments. It compiles all physic-chemical processes with the operational parameters of the CLIPPER loop to obtain results in the limit of detection of the equipment and comparable to what is expected. One of the most attractive principles of nuclear fusion is that the radioactive waste produced in a commercial reactor should be classified as Low-Level Waste (LLW) within 100 years after the end of life (EOL).

-'' Analysis activities in support of the experiments''. A proper characterization of the PbLi materials is fundamental not only for the development of tritium efficient extraction methods, but also for tritium inventory control.

As a summary, the activities proposed in the framework of the Fusion LUTHYER project include a set of experimental and modeling tasks focused on some challenges in the liquid metals technology (PbLi) for its application to critical systems in the path to a DEMO reactor, as the tritium extraction system.



== References ==
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The CIEMAT LiPb Loop Permeation Experiment”, Fusion Eng. Des. 146 (2019) 1228-1232
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The Tritium Extraction and Removal System for the DCLL-DEMO fusion reactor”, Nucl. Fusion 58 (2018) 095002
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Design and fabrication of a Permeator Against Vacuum prototype for small scale testing at Lead-Lithium facility”, Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 871-875
# F.R. Urgorri et al., "Theoretical evaluation of the tritium extraction from liquid metal flows through a free surface and through a permeable membrane" Nuclear Fusion 63 (2023) 63 046025
# F.R. Urgorri et al., A “Tritium transport modeling at system level for the EUROfusion dual coolant lithium-lead breeding blanket”,Nucl. Fusion, 57 (2017) 116045
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Development of an on-line sensor for hydrogen isotopes monitoring in flowing lithium at DONES” Fusion Eng. Des. 161 (2020) 112010
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”, Nucl. Mater. Energy 30, pp. 101146 (2022)
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental refutation of the deuterium permeability in vanadium, niobium and tantalum" Fusion Engineering and Design 146-A (2019) 224-227
# I. Peñalva et al., "Hydrogen Transport Model in Eutectic PbLi for Data Evaluation in an Absorption-Desorption Experimental Facility" Fusion Science and Technology (2024) 80(3–4) 596–606
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental Determination of Hydrogen Isotope Transport Parameters in Vanadium" Membranes 2022, 12(6), 579
# D. Rapisarda et al., “The European Dual Coolant Lithium Lead breeding blanket for DEMO: status and perspectives”, Nucl. Fusion 61 (2021) 1150011
# I. Palermo et al., “Tritium production assessment for the DCLL EUROfusion DEMO”, Nucl. Fusion 56 (2016) 104001
# I. Palermo et al., “Radiological impact mitigation of waste coming from the European fusion reactor DEMO with DCLL breeding blanket” Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 1257-1262
# G. A. Spagnuolo et al., "Integration issues on tritium management of the European DEMO Breeding Blanket and ancillary systems" Fusion Engineering and Design 171 (2021) 112573
# M. Utili et al., "Design and Integration of the WCLL Tritium Extraction and Removal System into the European DEMO Tokamak Reactor" Energies 2023, 16(13), 5231

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2025-02-11T11:16:09Z

BelitGarcinuno: /* Description of the project */

== LNF - Public Private Partnership ==

'''Title''': '''PRODUCCIÓN INDUSTRIAL DE LA ALEACIÓN EUTÉCTICA DE LITIO-PLOMO- EUTECTICS®'''

'''Reference''': CPP2021-008665

'''Programme and date''': PROGRAMA ESTATAL PARA IMPULSAR LA INVESTIGACIÓN
CIENTÍFICO-TÉCNICA Y SU TRANSFERENCIA, DEL PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA, TÉCNICA
Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2021-2023, EN EL MARCO DEL PLAN DE RECUPERACIÓN, TRANSFORMACIÓN Y
RESILIENCIA

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': COLABORACIÓN PÚBLICO-PRIVADA

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño (CIEMAT)

'''Project type''': Proyecto coordinado

'''Start-end dates''': 2022 - 2025

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 599.549,80 €

== Description of the project ==

The eutectic alloy of lithium and lead [15,7(2) % at Li with exact composition yet to be certified] is a functional tritium regenerating material and "base of design" for fusion reactors under construction, ITER and future (DEMO).
ITER will require tons of the alloy as material in the systems (TBM, Test Blanket Modules) together with tons of the material for the ongoing experimental programs around the world: in the EU, Japan, India, the United States , Korea and China. The material was born at the end of the 70s as a proposal for laboratory material [D.K. Sze (INEL, United States), v. Coen (JRC Ispra, EU)] on a laboratory scale far from the quality standards of a nuclear material.
Industrial and development returns in the coming years in the EU alone are estimated at around €40 million, depending on certain programmatic variables and the demonstration of its manufacture under Nuclear Material standards (IAEA Standards, RCC_MR Codes, ISO, ASTM,...) represents a technological challenge of the first order and is, without a doubt, an enormous opportunity for potential contribution and industrial returns from Spanish companies to ITER. Producing the alloy without quality assurance is not high-tech and some well-known laboratories in the world do it. Producing the alloy with the required quality assurance of a nuclear material and whose characteristics affect the safety of the reactor, is a true high-tech challenge in aspects related with: (1) the final certification of the title in lithium, (2) the homogeneity without segregation of lithium at sub millimetric scales, (3) the extreme control of impurities and (4) the demands of certified characterization of its functional database under standards as nuclear material. The production of the eutectic alloy for its final use in ITER (N, TT, IN phases of TBMs) requires the capacity to produce significant quantities of 6Li and the demonstration of an industrially scalable and quality-assured alloying technique. Our Project aims to demonstrate the manufacturing capacity of the material with the complete Quality Assurance of the eutectic as nuclear material from an industrially scalable technique to meet the assessed supply demands in the EU and in other ITER Programs.
The main challenge of the project consists of the experimental demonstration of an industrially scalable production technique of the eutectic alloy of Lithium-Lead (Pb-15.7(2)Li); along with the enrichment capacity in 6Li, all under Nuclear Material Standards.
Its 4 main OBJECTIVES: (1) Establishment of the Standard (UNE) of Quality of the material in its production, handling and qualification. Establishment of a national network of characterization and qualification laboratories. (2) Experimental demonstration of a scalable Li(6) isotopic separation technique (1 kg); (3) Experimental demonstration of a Li-Pb mixing technique under quality requirements; industrially scalable (1 Tn); (4) Key actions towards industrialization in the production of lots of Pb-15.76Li.
To achieve the Objectives of the Project, the activities are structured in the realization of 22 specific tasks of public-private collaboration between our Company FUS_ALIANZ and the Chemical Institute of Sarrià, the Rovira i Virgili University, CIEMAT, IDONIAL and CIEMAT. Nominated subcontractors are UNED, IPUL (Latvia) and Riera Nadeu S.A.



== References ==
<references />
[1] Belit Garcinuño, Rocío Fernández-Saavedra, Teresa Hernández, Alberto Quejido, David Rapisarda; “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”; NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2022.101146

[2] M. I. Barrena et al., “Obtención de aleaciones eutécticas PbLi mediante procesos de fusion”, Rev. Metal. 48-6 (2012) 437-444


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== LNF - Public Private Partnership ==

'''Title''': '''PRODUCCIÓN INDUSTRIAL DE LA ALEACIÓN EUTÉCTICA DE LITIO-PLOMO- EUTECTICS®'''

'''Reference''': CPP2021-008665

'''Programme and date''': PROGRAMA ESTATAL PARA IMPULSAR LA INVESTIGACIÓN
CIENTÍFICO-TÉCNICA Y SU TRANSFERENCIA, DEL PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA, TÉCNICA
Y DE INNOVACIÓN 2021-2023, EN EL MARCO DEL PLAN DE RECUPERACIÓN, TRANSFORMACIÓN Y
RESILIENCIA

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': COLABORACIÓN PÚBLICO-PRIVADA

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño (CIEMAT)

'''Project type''': Proyecto coordinado

'''Start-end dates''': 2022 - 2025

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 599.549,80 €

== Description of the project ==

The eutectic alloy of lithium and lead [15,7(2) % at Li with exact composition yet to be certified] is a functional tritium regenerating material and "base of design" for fusion reactors under construction, ITER and future (DEMO).
ITER will require tons of the alloy as material in the systems (TBM, Test Blanket Modules) together with tons of the material for the ongoing experimental programs around the world: in the EU, Japan, India, the United States , Korea and China. The material was born at the end of the 70s as a proposal for laboratory material [D.K. Sze (INEL, United States), v. Coen (JRC Ispra, EU)] on a laboratory scale far from the quality standards of a nuclear material.
Industrial and development returns in the coming years in the EU alone are estimated at around €40 million, depending on certain programmatic variables and the demonstration of its manufacture under Nuclear Material standards (IAEA Standards, RCC_MR Codes, ISO, ASTM,...) represents a technological challenge of the first order and is, without a doubt, an enormous opportunity for potential contribution and industrial returns from Spanish companies to ITER. Producing the alloy without quality assurance is not high-tech and some well-known laboratories in the world do it. Producing the alloy with the required quality assurance of a nuclear material and whose characteristics affect the safety of the reactor, is a true high-tech challenge in aspects related with: (1) the final certification of the title in lithium, (2) the homogeneity without segregation of lithium at sub millimetric scales, (3) the extreme control of impurities and (4) the demands of certified characterization of its functional database under standards as nuclear material. The production of the eutectic alloy for its final use in ITER (N, TT, IN phases of TBMs) requires the capacity to produce significant quantities of 6Li and the demonstration of an industrially scalable and quality-assured alloying technique. Our Project aims to demonstrate the manufacturing capacity of the material with the complete Quality Assurance of the eutectic as nuclear material from an industrially scalable technique to meet the assessed supply demands in the EU and in other ITER Programs.
The main challenge of the project consists of the experimental demonstration of an industrially scalable production technique of the eutectic alloy of Lithium-Lead (Pb-15.7(2)Li); along with the enrichment capacity in 6Li, all under Nuclear Material Standards.
Its 4 main OBJECTIVES: (1) Establishment of the Standard (UNE) of Quality of the material in its production, handling and qualification. Establishment of a national network of characterization and qualification laboratories. (2) Experimental demonstration of a scalable Li(6) isotopic separation technique (1 kg); (3) Experimental demonstration of a Li-Pb mixing technique under quality requirements; industrially scalable (1 Tn); (4) Key actions towards industrialization in the production of lots of Pb-15.76Li.
To achieve the Objectives of the Project, the activities are structured in the realization of 22 specific tasks of public-private collaboration between our Company FUS_ALIANZ and the Chemical Institute of Sarrià, the Rovira i Virgili University, CIEMAT, IDONIAL and CIEMAT. Nominated subcontractors are UNED, IPUL (Latvia) and Riera Nadeu S.A.


== References ==
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[1] Belit Garcinuño, Rocío Fernández-Saavedra, Teresa Hernández, Alberto Quejido, David Rapisarda; “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”; NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND ENERGY (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2022.101146

[2] M. I. Barrena et al., “Obtención de aleaciones eutécticas PbLi mediante procesos de fusion”, Rev. Metal. 48-6 (2012) 437-444


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LNF: Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)

2024-10-31T10:24:52Z

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== LNF - Nationally funded project ==

'''Title''': '''Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)'''

'''Reference''': PID2022-140644OA-I00

'''Programme and date''': Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento, convocatoria 2022

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': Tipo A

'''Area/subarea (Área temática / subárea)''': Energía y transporte

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-3122]

'''Project type''': Proyecto individual

'''Start-end dates''': 01/09/2023 - 01/09/2026

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 100.000,00 €

== Description of the project ==

This proposal aims to address key activities related to liquid metals in the international Fusion scientific program, through dedicated experimental activities supported by theoretical simulations. One of the main operational objectives of a fusion reactor is to ensure tritium self-sufficiency, but techniques currently proposed for tritium extraction have not been fully validated, both from the numerical and experimental points of view. The experiments proposed in Fusion LUTHYER are focused on the validation of a technique for tritium extraction from PbLi based on Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV).The backbone of the project is devoted to the experimental expoliation of the PbLi circuit CLIPPER, already in operation at LML. CLIPPER is an experimental facility designed to provide a flexible operational scenario for the validation of the Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV) technique for tritium extraction from PbLi. This technology can be applied by means of tritium permeation through a membrane or by the direct exposition of the liquid metal to the vacuum.
Fusion LUTHYER is organized in four blocks:

- ''Extraction of light ions from liquid metals''. Tritium extraction from the liquid metal compiles a critical unsolved issue, since the presence of H-isotopes directly impairs safety and maintenance of the installation. Different extraction techniques have been proposed along the years, and of them the permeation against vacuum (PAV) has been selected as the most suitable for DEMO. To perform this kind of experiments at laboratory scale, hydrogen isotopes cannot be generated in the liquid metal through nuclear reactions. Therefore, gas injection systems and concentration sensors are needed, and the support of modeling and chemical characterization activities is a key aspect.

- ''Detection of light ions in liquid metals''. There is a need to monitor the content of H, and more specifically the content of tritium, during the operation of the experiment. The reference solution for monitoring is the chemical analysis off-beam by means of PbLi specimens extracted from the loop. An on-line monitoring is foreseen by the development of two sensors for hydrogen isotopes; the first one is based on the permeation against vacuum technology; the second one, based on electrochemical measurements.

- ''Modelling activities in support of the experiments''. The modelling is an essential tool for the definition of the experiments. It compiles all physic-chemical processes with the operational parameters of the CLIPPER loop to obtain results in the limit of detection of the equipment and comparable to what is expected. One of the most attractive principles of nuclear fusion is that the radioactive waste produced in a commercial reactor should be classified as Low-Level Waste (LLW) within 100 years after the end of life (EOL).

-'' Analysis activities in support of the experiments''. A proper characterization of the PbLi materials is fundamental not only for the development of tritium efficient extraction methods, but also for tritium inventory control.

As a summary, the activities proposed in the framework of the Fusion LUTHYER project include a set of experimental and modeling tasks focused on some challenges in the liquid metals technology (PbLi) for its application to critical systems in the path to a DEMO reactor, as the tritium extraction system.



== References ==
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The CIEMAT LiPb Loop Permeation Experiment”, Fusion Eng. Des. 146 (2019) 1228-1232
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The Tritium Extraction and Removal System for the DCLL-DEMO fusion reactor”, Nucl. Fusion 58 (2018) 095002
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Design and fabrication of a Permeator Against Vacuum prototype for small scale testing at Lead-Lithium facility”, Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 871-875
# F.R. Urgorri et al., "Theoretical evaluation of the tritium extraction from liquid metal flows through a free surface and through a permeable membrane" Nuclear Fusion 63 (2023) 63 046025
# F.R. Urgorri et al., A “Tritium transport modeling at system level for the EUROfusion dual coolant lithium-lead breeding blanket”,Nucl. Fusion, 57 (2017) 116045
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Development of an on-line sensor for hydrogen isotopes monitoring in flowing lithium at DONES” Fusion Eng. Des. 161 (2020) 112010
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”, Nucl. Mater. Energy 30, pp. 101146 (2022)
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental refutation of the deuterium permeability in vanadium, niobium and tantalum" Fusion Engineering and Design 146-A (2019) 224-227
# I. Peñalva et al., "Hydrogen Transport Model in Eutectic PbLi for Data Evaluation in an Absorption-Desorption Experimental Facility" Fusion Science and Technology (2024) 80(3–4) 596–606
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental Determination of Hydrogen Isotope Transport Parameters in Vanadium" Membranes 2022, 12(6), 579
# D. Rapisarda et al., “The European Dual Coolant Lithium Lead breeding blanket for DEMO: status and perspectives”, Nucl. Fusion 61 (2021) 1150011
# I. Palermo et al., “Tritium production assessment for the DCLL EUROfusion DEMO”, Nucl. Fusion 56 (2016) 104001
# I. Palermo et al., “Radiological impact mitigation of waste coming from the European fusion reactor DEMO with DCLL breeding blanket” Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 1257-1262
# G. A. Spagnuolo et al., "Integration issues on tritium management of the European DEMO Breeding Blanket and ancillary systems" Fusion Engineering and Design 171 (2021) 112573
# M. Utili et al., "Design and Integration of the WCLL Tritium Extraction and Removal System into the European DEMO Tokamak Reactor" Energies 2023, 16(13), 5231


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LNF: Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)

2024-04-17T08:26:31Z

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== LNF - Nationally funded project ==

'''Title''': '''Fusion LiqUid meTals HYdrogen ExtRaction (Fusion LUTHYER)'''

'''Reference''': PID2022-140644OA-I00

'''Programme and date''': Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento, convocatoria 2022

'''Programme type (Modalidad de proyecto)''': Tipo A

'''Area/subarea (Área temática / subárea)''': Energía y transporte

'''Principal Investigator(s)''': Belit Garcinuño [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-3122]

'''Project type''': Proyecto individual

'''Start-end dates''': 01/09/2023 - 01/09/2026

'''Financing granted (direct costs)''': 100.000,00 €

== Description of the project ==

This proposal aims to address key activities related to liquid metals in the international Fusion scientific program, through dedicated experimental activities supported by theoretical simulations. One of the main operational objectives of a fusion reactor is to ensure tritium self-sufficiency, but techniques currently proposed for tritium extraction have not been fully validated, both from the numerical and experimental points of view. The experiments proposed in Fusion LUTHYER are focused on the validation of a technique for tritium extraction from PbLi based on Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV).The backbone of the project is devoted to the experimental expoliation of the PbLi circuit CLIPPER, already in operation at LML. CLIPPER is an experimental facility designed to provide a flexible operational scenario for the validation of the Permeation Against Vacuum (PAV) technique for tritium extraction from PbLi. This technology can be applied by means of tritium permeation through a membrane or by the direct exposition of the liquid metal to the vacuum.
Fusion LUTHYER is organized in four blocks:

- ''Extraction of light ions from liquid metals''. Tritium extraction from the liquid metal compiles a critical unsolved issue, since the presence of H-isotopes directly impairs safety and maintenance of the installation. Different extraction techniques have been proposed along the years, and of them the permeation against vacuum (PAV) has been selected as the most suitable for DEMO. To perform this kind of experiments at laboratory scale, hydrogen isotopes cannot be generated in the liquid metal through nuclear reactions. Therefore, gas injection systems and concentration sensors are needed, and the support of modeling and chemical characterization activities is a key aspect.

- ''Detection of light ions in liquid metals''. There is a need to monitor the content of H, and more specifically the content of tritium, during the operation of the experiment. The reference solution for monitoring is the chemical analysis off-beam by means of PbLi specimens extracted from the loop. An on-line monitoring is foreseen by the development of two sensors for hydrogen isotopes; the first one is based on the permeation against vacuum technology; the second one, based on electrochemical measurements.

- ''Modelling activities in support of the experiments''. The modelling is an essential tool for the definition of the experiments. It compiles all physic-chemical processes with the operational parameters of the CLIPPER loop to obtain results in the limit of detection of the equipment and comparable to what is expected. One of the most attractive principles of nuclear fusion is that the radioactive waste produced in a commercial reactor should be classified as Low-Level Waste (LLW) within 100 years after the end of life (EOL).

-'' Analysis activities in support of the experiments''. The study of H/D diffusion, permeation, and trapping in functional, breeding and structural materials is fundamental not only for the development of tritium efficient extraction methods but also for tritium inventory control.

As a summary, the activities proposed in the framework of the Fusion LUTHYER project include a set of experimental and modeling tasks focused on some challenges in the liquid metals technology (PbLi) for its application to critical systems in the path to a DEMO reactor, as the tritium extraction system.


== References ==
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The CIEMAT LiPb Loop Permeation Experiment”, Fusion Eng. Des. 146 (2019) 1228-1232
# B. Garcinuño et al., “The Tritium Extraction and Removal System for the DCLL-DEMO fusion reactor”, Nucl. Fusion 58 (2018) 095002
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Design and fabrication of a Permeator Against Vacuum prototype for small scale testing at Lead-Lithium facility”, Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 871-875
# F.R. Urgorri et al., "Theoretical evaluation of the tritium extraction from liquid metal flows through a free surface and through a permeable membrane" Nuclear Fusion 63 (2023) 63 046025
# F.R. Urgorri et al., A “Tritium transport modeling at system level for the EUROfusion dual coolant lithium-lead breeding blanket”,Nucl. Fusion, 57 (2017) 116045
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Development of an on-line sensor for hydrogen isotopes monitoring in flowing lithium at DONES” Fusion Eng. Des. 161 (2020) 112010
# B. Garcinuño et al., “Establishing technical specifications for PbLi eutectic alloy analysis and its relevance in fusion applications”, Nucl. Mater. Energy 30, pp. 101146 (2022)
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental refutation of the deuterium permeability in vanadium, niobium and tantalum" Fusion Engineering and Design 146-A (2019) 224-227
# I. Peñalva et al., "Hydrogen Transport Model in Eutectic PbLi for Data Evaluation in an Absorption-Desorption Experimental Facility" Fusion Science and Technology (2024) 80(3–4) 596–606
# M. Malo et al., "Experimental Determination of Hydrogen Isotope Transport Parameters in Vanadium" Membranes 2022, 12(6), 579
# D. Rapisarda et al., “The European Dual Coolant Lithium Lead breeding blanket for DEMO: status and perspectives”, Nucl. Fusion 61 (2021) 1150011
# I. Palermo et al., “Tritium production assessment for the DCLL EUROfusion DEMO”, Nucl. Fusion 56 (2016) 104001
# I. Palermo et al., “Radiological impact mitigation of waste coming from the European fusion reactor DEMO with DCLL breeding blanket” Fusion Eng. Des. 124 (2017) 1257-1262
# G. A. Spagnuolo et al., "Integration issues on tritium management of the European DEMO Breeding Blanket and ancillary systems" Fusion Engineering and Design 171 (2021) 112573
# M. Utili et al., "Design and Integration of the WCLL Tritium Extraction and Removal System into the European DEMO Tokamak Reactor" Energies 2023, 16(13), 5231


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