Technical Meeting on Tritium Breeding Blankets and Associated Neutronics

Scientific Programme

Track I: Breeding blanket design and performance

a. Breeding blanket system
i. Neutronics performance
ii. Thermohydraulic performance and associated challenges
iii. Thermomechanical performance and associated challenges
iv. Operation, instrumentation and reliability
v. Integration within the vacuum vessel
vi. Maintenance
b. Tritium extraction and removal
i. Extraction technology
ii. Tritium inventory
iii. Permeation issues
iv. Tritium fuel cycle (including modelling and technology maturation)
c. Safety related aspects
i. Accident scenarios
ii. Rad waste management
iii. Radiation protection
d. Functional and structural materials
e. Li-6 enrichment (including associated economics and regulatory issues)

Track II: Manufacturing, assembly, and licensing

a. Joining technologies
b. Codes & standards and design rules
c. Regulatory frameworks
d. Economics and mass production of materials (functional and structural) and components

Track III: Testing and nuclear qualification

a. Requirements & related facilities
b. Test results and impact on technology maturation