US 11,869,677 B2
Breeder blanket for nuclear fusion reactor
Thomas Davis, Evesham (GB); Simon Middleburgh, Chester (GB); Jack Astbury, Abingdon (GB); and Gurdeep Kamal, Abingdon (GB)
Assigned to Tokamak Energy Ltd, Abingdon (GB)
Appl. No. 18/253,536
Filed by Tokamak Energy Ltd, Abingdon (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/082283
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/106609, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2018198 (GB), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0326616 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G21B 1/13 (2006.01); G21G 1/02 (2006.01); G21G 1/00 (2006.01); G21B 1/19 (2006.01)
CPC G21B 1/13 (2013.01) [G21B 1/19 (2013.01); G21G 1/001 (2013.01); G21G 1/02 (2013.01); G21G 2001/0094 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A breeder blanket for generating tritium using neutrons produced by nuclear fusion of deuterium and/or tritium within a plasma confined within a fusion reactor, the breeder blanket comprising:
a plasma-facing first wall;
a breeder layer comprising lithium-containing material for generating tritium from the neutrons, the lithium-containing material being provided in the form of liquid lithium metal or alloy, or a molten salt; and
neutron moderator material comprising a yttrium hydride and/or a yttrium deuteride arranged between the first wall and the lithium-containing material.