STATUS OF THE EUROPEAN BREEDING BLANKET TECHNOLOGY

This paper presents an overview of the activities within European labo ratories on the development of breeding blankets for a DEMO reactor wh ich are presently focused on the two selected blanket lines, the Water -Cooled Lithium-Lead (WCLL) blanket and the Helium-Cooled Pebble-Bed ( HCPB) blanket. Tn particular the paper describes the design of the DEM O blanket segments and sub-systems layout, the status of the associate d R&D, the preliminary design of the derived test-modules and sub-syst ems for testing in ITER. The outline of the near-future activities mai nly focused on the development of the two EU ITER Test Modules is also discussed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.