The architecture of STEP has been developed to enable a hybrid maintenance approach, using ports in the vacuum vesselor a limited list of tasks that must be performed shortly after shutdown, and larger openings to simplify and speed-up major refits. Robotic handling systems in zero-human entry facilities will prevent workers from being exposed t…
The development of improved designs for components which will be subject to high heat fluxes has been identified as a critical challenge for the realisation of commercial fusion power. This paper presents details of a facility which allows early verification of thermofluid and thermomechananical performance of prototype components and enables compa…
