Neutronic, thermal-hydraulic and stress analysis of RF lithium cooled testblanket module for ITER

The RF Home Team lithium-cooled test blanket module (TBM) is one of the TBM s to be tested in international thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER). To satisfy ITER safety demands, the TBM is enclosed in helium-cooled shell. So, it simulates DEMO reactor by having comparable radial dimensions and b y using all the materials of DEMO reactor, but does not simulate first wall (FW) conditions. To achieve the last task, it is planned to modify this mo dule slightly and test it at ITER extended performance phase with Li-cooled FW. Some results of neutronic, thermal-hydraulic and stress analysis are p resented here for TBM: with He-cooled FW. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. Al l rights reserved.