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TECNO_FUS is a Programme financed by the Spanish Government (by means of a Consolider Ingenio 2010 grant by [http://www.micinn.es/ MICINN], Ref. CSD2008-0079) and oriented towards the development of technologies associated with the [[Breeding blanket]] of future fusion power plants. | TECNO_FUS is a Programme financed by the Spanish Government (by means of a Consolider Ingenio 2010 grant by [http://www.micinn.es/ MICINN], Ref. CSD2008-0079) and oriented towards the development of technologies associated with the [[Breeding blanket]] 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: | |||
• The shielding of superconducting coils from the plasma (n,γ) radiation with extreme shield factors (< mW cm-3) | |||
• The extraction and amplification of the fusion power (thermal loads in the first wall MWm-2 and volumetric (<MWm-3) | |||
• Tritium self-sufficientcy, i.e. technology of closed tritium cycle as an intrinsic requirement of the DT fusio reactors. | |||
Associated techniques involve neutron detection, the development of materials (Eurofer steel, ceramics, SiC or composite SiCf/SiC), the management of liquid metals in strong magnetic fields, and thermomechanical calculations in complex geometries. The first design of a dual coolant, dual functionality model is not original of TECNO_FUS, what is original is the development of the so called Modular Double Coolant DRM He/Liquid Metal design (Spanish for "Doble Refrigerante Modular" of He/Pb-15.7Li. | Associated techniques involve neutron detection, the development of materials (Eurofer steel, ceramics, SiC or composite SiCf/SiC), the management of liquid metals in strong magnetic fields, and thermomechanical calculations in complex geometries. The first design of a dual coolant, dual functionality model is not original of TECNO_FUS, what is original is the development of the so called Modular Double Coolant DRM He/Liquid Metal design (Spanish for "Doble Refrigerante Modular" of He/Pb-15.7Li. | ||