Preliminary Safety Analysis of Korea HCSB Test Blanket Module

A Helium Cooled Solid Breeder (HCSB) blanket has been considered as one of the promising blanket for the fusion power demonstration plant. Therefore HCSB Test Blanket Module (TBM) testing in ITER is the most important milestone for the development of the blanket of the DEMO plant. Korea has developed the HCSB TBM with some features such as graphite reflector and simplified flow passage. The objective of this study was to evaluate the thermal and structural integrity of the HCSB TBM under the hypothetical accidental conditions such as cooling pipe break in TBM. The safety analysis was performed under conservative conditions based on the TBM design, which can be assumed by the similarity of the safety analysis of the ITER shielding blanket. Transient analysis model was used to calculate the temperature distribution for Loss of Coolant Accident (LOCA). Simplified analysis conditions were a) simultaneous plasma shutdown and LOCA b) LOCA and then after FW temperature reaches 1150 deg. plasma shutdown. Helium circuit behavior during the different LOCA scenarios was also evaluated. Finally the design modifications based on the analysis result and the related R-and-D of the HCSB blanket design for the application in a DEMO reactor were mentioned. (author)