Progress of R&D on water cooled ceramic breeder for ITER test blanket system and DEMO

Kawamura, Yoshinori; Tanigawa, Hisashi; Hirose, Takanori; Enoeda, Mikio; Sato, Satoshi; Ochiai, Kentaro; Konno, Chikara  ; Edao, Yuki; Hayashi, Takumi; Hoshino, Tsuyoshi; Nakamichi, Masaru; Tanigawa, Hiroyasu; Nishi, Hiroshi; Suzuki, Satoshi; Ezato, Koichiro; Seki, Yohji; Yamanishi, Toshihiko

The development of a Water Cooled Ceramic Breeder (WCCB) Test Blanket Module (TBM) is being performed as one of the most important steps toward DEMO blanket in Japan. For the TBM testing and development of DEMO blanket, R&D has been performed on the module fabrication technology, breeder and multiplier pebble fabrication technology, tritium production rate evaluation, as well as structural design activities. This paper provides an overview of the recent achievements of the development of the WCCB Blanket in Japan.