Dynamic and static structural analysis of liquid lithium blanket of fusion power plants

In several conceptual designs of Tokamak type fusion reactors, liquid lithium is used as the coolant of the blanket together with the purpose of tritium breeding. In such designs, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) effect is one of the most important problems for the blanket structure because of the high electrical conductivity of liquid lithium. The purpose of this paper is to make clear some of the structural problems concerning the design of liquid lithium blanket of fusion reactor. In this connection, taking UWMAK-III design which was developed at University of Wisconsin, we analyze not only the structural but also thermo-fluid behaviors of liquid lithium blanket.