Progress on reliability of remote maintenance concept for JA DEMO

Joint Special Design Team for Fusion DEMO

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.02.133

Progress on reliability of remote maintenance concept for JA DEMO

Joint Special Design Team for Fusion DEMO

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JA DEMO selected the vertical maintenance scheme as the primary maintenance option. In order to improve reliability of Remote Handling (RH) and plant availability, update of in-vessel transferring mechanism of the segment, pipe unit structure on maintenance port were carried out. The RH equipment is composed of end-effectors (grippers) for the banana segment, a power manipulator, a telescopic guide and a carrier. The pipe structure in vertical maintenance port was updated considering the thermal expansion, easy handling (short maintenance time) and alignment of welding groove. Based on estimation of maintenance time, four works in parallel will be required for plant availability reachable for commercialization (>60%).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1583-1586
Number of pages	4
Journal	Fusion Engineering and Design
Volume	146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.02.133
Publication status	Published - 2019 Sep

Keywords

DEMO design
In-vessel component
Pipe connection
Plant availability
Remote maintenance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Materials Science(all)
Mechanical Engineering

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Progress on reliability of remote maintenance concept for JA DEMO

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