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beryllium and beryllium alloys, 392 basic superconducting strands, 136
copper alloys, 392 CICCs, 138
ferritic steels, 391 forced-flow cooled superconducting
refractory metals, 392 cables, 132
titanium alloys, 391 normal phase effect, 131
heat-conductive materials Switching network resistor (SNR), 339
high-strength copper alloys, 394 Switching network unit, 338, 339
irradiated copper alloys, recovery of Sylvester’s criterion, 378
properties, 397
radiation characteristics of copper
alloys, 396 T
plasma-facing materials, 393 TAURO blanket (EU), 309
selection criteria, 388 Test blanket module (TBM), 305
vacuum chamber and supports, materials computations, 313
for, 398 and DEMO-S blanket
Superconducting coils, 327 chemical compositions of, 313
Superconducting magnet systems, 366 coolant flow rate, 313
Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) general design principles, 312
theory, 119, 120 parameters, 310, 311
binding energy, 120 helium-cooled ceramic breeder TBM
characteristics of, 124 characteristics, 314, 315
critical field, 118 liquid-metal TBM characteristics, 314, 316
cryogenic temperatures, 120 low tritium breeding rates, 312
cryostatic stabilisation, 122 mechanical stress fields in, 314
electron–phonon mechanism, 120 MHD characteristics and properties of
first-generation superconducting electrical insulation barriers, 313
strands, 122 reactor horizontal port, position in, 310
forced-flow cooling, 123 Russian Li–V TBM version, 314, 317
GL theory, 119 thermal hydraulic characteristics, 313
ITER magnets, 121 thermal hydraulic simulation, 310
central solenoid, 125 Tetrode, 289
half-torus assembly, 125 Thermal shields, 56
international model coil program, 141 Thermomechanical loads, 370
model insert coils, 146 Thyristor circuit breaker (TCB), 339
PFC and CC location, 125 Thyristor converters (TCs), 326, 338
simulation and testing results, 150 Thyristor switch (TS), 332
thermal–hydraulic simulations, 155 Titanium alloys, 391
toroidal field model coil, 143 Tokamak reactors
liquid helium (LHe), 122 ARIES FPPs version, 18
magnetic fusion reactor (MFR), 122 DEMO reactor tokamaks, 17
Maxwell’s laws, 118 GTRT, 16, 17
NbTi and Nb 3 Sn multi-filament ITER Parameters, 15
superconducting strands, 120 OTR, 15
physical and mechanical properties physical and engineering limitations,
critical characteristics, 128 parameter selection
flux pinning, 127 parameter harmonisation, 19
intrinsic stabilisation, 129 plasma energy confinement time, 21
Russian first-generation superconducting quasi-steady state discharge mode, 23
strands, 121 system arrangement, 19
toroidal field coils in, tokamak plasma and electrophysical parameters,
generations, 125 15, 16
type I and type II materials, 118 requirements, 15
winding superconductors specification, 13