Abstract
In the Broader Approach (BA) framework, research and development on blanket related materials and technologies have been carried out between the EU and Japan. Those activities are implemented mainly at the Rokkasho BA site in collaboration with universities in Japan. In the R&D on SiCf/SiC composites for an advanced blanket material, mechanical properties of chemically vapor infiltrated (CVI) SiCf/SiC composites have been obtained in high temperature vacuum environment up to 1000°C. As to R&D on the tritium technology, tritium retention of the fine-grained re-crystallized tungsten has been evaluated. On reduced activation of ferritic/martensitic (RAFM) steels as the blanket structural material, a 20-ton heat of the F82H RAFM steel has been successfully produced in an electric arc furnace. Advanced neutron multiplier pebbles of beryllide (beryllium–titanium alloy) have been fabricated using a dedicated rotating electrode apparatus followed by annealing from the beryllide rod produced with the plasma sintering method. Also advanced tritium breeder pebbles of lithium-rich lithium titanate have been fabricated by an emulsion method, where the grain size, confirmed by SEM, was less than 5μm. Tritium recovery tests of advanced tritium breeder pebbles will be investigated under 14MeV neutron irradiation as one of the new activities.
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