Fusion - The Breeding Blanket
The crucial step to the first fusion reactor
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Hall 11, Stand B06
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Nuclear fusion is deemed a key technology for the secure, climate-friendly energy supply in future. KIT researchers contribute to it by working on the heart of the reactor, the tritium breeding blanket (TBB). It is located between the plasma having a temperature of 150 million degrees Celsius and the near-zero superconducting magnets confining the plasma. This temperature difference poses a big technical challenge. At the same time, the TBB has to generate the tritium fuel that is indispensable for nuclear fusion. Development of the components opens up new perspectives for industry, examples being the production of durable materials and precision manufacturing technology.
The energy from the fast neutrons in the TBB is used not only to produce the fuel tritium, but also to generate high-quality heat. The EUROfusion consortium is exploring several TBB concepts. However, the so-called Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) is regarded as the reference design for a future nuclear fusion power plant. The core components of the HCPB-TBB are the pin monoblock and the fuel-breeder pins, which contain lithium oxide ceramic balls for tritium production, as well as lead-containing vessels to multiply the neutrons.
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Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
- Kaiserstr. 12
- 76131 Karlsruhe
- Germany
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