Production of nuclear fusion reactor fuel by ceramic tritium breeder material

Kawamura, Yoshinori; Ochiai, Kentaro; Hoshino, Tsuyoshi

Fuel tritium is generated from the nuclear reaction between the fusion neutron and the lithium of the breeder material arranged in the blanket that encloses the fusion plasma in the fusion reactor. However, the release process of the generated tritium has not been completely clarified. Recently, Japan Atomic Energy Agency started the tritium generation and recovery experiment in using nuclear fusion neutron source (FNS). In this report, the recent results of study on breeder material and its manufacturing technology is presented.