Ex-vessel Plant Systems & Engineering

Vacuum Systems with Low Tritium Inventory      

Chr. Day, B. Butler, T. Giegerich, P. T. Lang, R. Lawless, et al., Consequences of the technology survey and gap analysis on the EU DEMO R&D programme in tritium, matter injection and vacuum, Fusion Eng. Des. 109-111, 299 (2016) doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.03.008

Fusion Magnets & Cryomaterials           

W. H. Fietz, M. J. Wolf, A. Preuss, R. Heller, K.-P. Weiss, High-Current HTS Cables: Status and Actual Development, IEEE T. Appl. Supercon. 26, 4800705 ,(2016) doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2517319  

R. Heller, P. V. Gade, W. H. Fietz, T. Vogel, K.-P. Weiss, Conceptual Design Improvement of a Toroidal Field Coil for EU DEMO Using High-Temperature Superconductors, IEEE T. Appl. Supercon. 26, 4201105 (2016) doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2520662

Plant Safety                 

X. Z. Jin, D. Carloni, L. V. Boccaccini, R. Stieglitz, T. Pinna, et al.,Preliminary safety studies for the DEMO HCPB blanket concept, Fusion Eng. Des. 98–99, 2157 (2015) doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.01.029

System Engineering & Integration        

C. Bachmann, F. Arbeiter, L. V. Boccaccini, M. Coleman, G. Federici,et al.,Issues and strategies for DEMO in-vessel component integration, Fusion Eng. Des. 112, 527 (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.05.040 

Plasma Heating & Current Drive Systems

Negative Ion Neutral Beam Injection      

B. Heinemann, U. Fantz, W. Kraus, L. Schiesko, C. Wimmer, et al., Towards large and powerful radio frequency driven negative ion sources for fusion, New J. Phys. 19, 015001 (2017) doi:0.1088/1367-2630/aa520c

Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating  

J. Jelonnek, F. Albajar, S. Alberti, K. Avramidis, P. Benin, et al., From series production of gyrotrons for W7-X toward EU-1 MW gyrotrons for ITER, IEEE T. Plasma Sci. 42, 1135 (2014) doi:10.1109/tps.2014.2301839

K. A. Avramidis, G. Aiello, S. Alberti, P. T. Brücker, A. Bruschi, et al., Overview of recent gyrotron R&D towards DEMO within EUROfusion Work Package Heating and Current Drive, Nucl. Fusion 59, 066014 (2019) doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ab12f9

G. Gantenbein, A. Samartsev, G. Aiello, G. Dammertz, J. Jelonnek, et al., First operation of a step-frequency tunable 1-MW gyrotron with a diamond Brewster angle output window, IEEE T. Electron. Dev. 61, 1806 (2014)doi:10.1109/TED.2013.2294739

Plasma Diagnostics & Control

ITER PCS                     

W. Treutterer, D. Humphreys, G. Raupp, E. Schuster, J.A. Snipes, et. al, Architectural concept for the ITER Plasma Control System, Fusion Eng. Des. 89, 512 (2014) doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.02.079

DEMO Diagnostics & Control System     

W. Biel, M. de Baar, A. Dinklage, F. Felici, R. König, et al., DEMO diagnostics and burn control, Fusion Eng. Des. 96, 8 (2015) doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.01.046

Bolometer and Pressure Gauge Diagnostics       

H. Meister, F. Penzel, Z. Szabo-Balint, R. Reichle, L. C. Ingesson, et al., Performance estimations for the ITER bolometer diagnostic, Fusion Eng. Des., Article in press, doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.01.146

CXRS Diagnostics         

A. Krimmer, I. Balboa, N.J. Conway, M. De Bock, S. Friese et al., Design status of the ITER core CXRS diagnostic setup, Fusion Eng. Des. (2019) in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.12.026

In-vessel Components

Breeding Blanket                      

L.V. Boccaccini, G. Aiello, J. Aubert, C. Bachmann, T. Barrett, et al., Objectives and status of EUROfusion DEMO blanket studies, Fusion Eng. Des. 109–111, 1199 (2016), doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.12.054.

S. Pupeschi, R. Knitter, M. Kamlah, Effective thermal conductivity of advanced ceramic breeder pebble beds, Fusion Eng. Des. 116, 73 (2017) doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.026

Divertor Technology      

J. Aktaa, W. W. Basuki, T. Weber, P. Norajitra, W. Krauss, et al., Manufacturing and joining technologies for helium cooled divertors, Fusion Eng. Des. 89, 913 (2014) doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.01.028

S. Antusch, D. E. J. Armstrong, T. B. Britton, L. Commin, J. S. K.-L. Gibson, et al., Mechanical and microstructural investigations of tungsten and doped tungsten materials produced via powder injection molding. Nuclear Mat. Ener. 3-4, 22 (2015) doi:10.1016/j.nme.2015.04.002

Neutron-Resistant Structural Materials

Design Rules    

E. Gaganidze, D. Rupp, J. Aktaa, Fracture behavior of polycrystalline tungsten,J. Nucl. Mat. 446, 240 (2014) doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.11.001

Advanced Materials                             

J. Reiser,L. Garrison, H. Greuner, J. Hoffmann, T. Weingärtner, et al.,Ductilisation of tungsten (W): Tungsten laminated composites, Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mat. 69, 66 (2017) doi:10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2017.07.013

Fusion Neutron Source             

F. Arbeiter, A. Abou-Sena, J. Averhals, T. Böttcher, Y. Chen, et al.,Design description and validation results for the IFMIF High Flux Test Module as outcome of the EVEDA phase, Nuclear Mat. Ener.9, 59 (2016)doi:10.1016/j.nme.2016.04.013.

Neutronics                   

U. Fischer, C. Bachmann, I. Palermo, P. Pereslavtsev, R. Villari, Neutronics requirements for a DEMO fusion power plant, Fusion Eng. Des. 98–99, 2134 (2015), doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.02.029,

U. Fischer, C. Bachmann, J.-C. Jaboulay, F. Moro, I. Palermo, et al., Neutronic performance issues of the breeding blanket options for the European DEMO fusion power, Fusion Eng. Des., 109-111, 1458 (2016)  doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.11.051