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2018
UKAEA-CCFE-PR(18)71
Matti Coleman Y. Hoerstensmeyer F. Cismondi
One of the overarching goals of a DEMO-class device is to demonstrate tritium self-sufficiency in a fusion power plant for the first time. A future power reactor will necessarily require a start-up inventory of tritium, mT start, before commencing fully fledged D-T operations for electricity production. In Europe, it is also presently cons…
Preprint Published2018
UKAEA-CCFE-PR(18)60
Matti Coleman S. McIntosh
The European DEMO fusion power reactor (EU-DEMO) is still in the pre-conceptual design phase. The design strategy for the EU-DEMO hinges on investigating multiple reactor designs and technologies in parallel, progressively down-selecting these in the mid-2020’s, in preparation for the conceptual design phase. The present implementation of the str…
Preprint Published