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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
TECNO_FUS is a Programme financed by the Spanish Government (by means of a CONSOLIDER INGENIO 2010 grant CSD2008-0079 by [http://www.micinn.es/ MICINN actually MINEYC] | TECNO_FUS is a Programme financed by the Spanish Government (by means of a CONSOLIDER INGENIO 2010 grant CSD2008-0079 by [http://www.micinn.es/ MICINN around 2,5 M€ and actually on new MINEYC]. It is oriented towards the development of technologies associated with the [[Breeding blanket]] key component of future Fusion Power Plants. | ||
Generally speaking the purpose of the breeding blanket is twofold: to extract the energy generated in the power reactor, and to convert Lithium into Tritium. Going into the details of these key component of the Fusion reactor the breeding blanket has to guarantee: | Generally speaking the purpose of the breeding blanket is twofold: to extract the energy generated in the power reactor, and to convert Lithium into Tritium. Going into the details of these key component of the Fusion reactor the breeding blanket has to guarantee mainly but not only those objective, but the following purposes: | ||
* The shielding of superconducting coils from the plasma (n, γ) radiation with extreme shield factors (< mW cm<sup>-3</sup>) | * The shielding of superconducting coils from the plasma (n, γ) radiation with extreme shield factors (< mW cm<sup>-3</sup>) | ||