Conceptual design activities of FDS series fusion power plants in China

Abstract

A series of fusion power plants (named FDS series) have been designed and assessed for the examination of the feasibility and the safety, environmental and economical potential of fusion with emphasizing the blanket design optimization on neutronics, thermal-hydraulics, electro-magnetics, material, structural performance analyses in China. Four concepts have been developing, which are the fusion-driven subcritical system (FDS-I) with the goal of transmutation of the long-lived nuclear wastes and breeding of fissile nuclear fuels, the fusion power reactor (FDS-II) with the goal of electricity generation, the fusion-based hydrogen production reactor (FDS-III) and the spherical tokamak-based compact reactor (FDS-ST). Four types of blankets, including the He/LiPb dual-cooled high level waste transmutation (DWT) blanket, the He single-cooled LiPb tritium breeder (SLL) blanket and the He/LiPb dual-cooled (DLL) blanket, the high temperature liquid LiPb (HTL) blanket, and Test Blanket Modules (TBMs) and the testing strategy have been studied. R&D status on materials, design and analysis tools are also presented.