NET test blanket design and remote maintenance

Autor: P. Hubert, Clive Holloway
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Fusion Engineering and Design. 18:453-458
ISSN: 0920-3796
DOI: 10.1016/0920-3796(91)90162-j
Popis: The NET machine has three horizontal ports reserved for testing tritium breeding blanket designs during the physics phase and possibly five during the technology phase. The design of the ports and test blankets are modular to accept a range of blanket options, provide radiation shielding and allow routine replacement. Radiation levels during replacement or maintenance require that all operations must be carried out remotely. The paper describes the problems overcome in providing a port design which includes attachment to the vacuum vessel with double vacuum seals, an integrated cooled first wall and support guides for the test blanket module. The method selected to remotely replace the test module whilst controlling the spread of contamination is also adressed. The paper concludes that the provisions of test blanket facility based on the NET machine design is feasible.
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