An experimental program is undertaken to assess whether microwave energy can be used to study the thermomechanical response of solid breeder blanket modules. The experimental setup consists of a water-cooled γ-LiAlO2 solid breeder blanket module heated by a 10-kW Klystron at 200 MHz. The spatial distribution of temperature at a series of power levels will show whether microwave energy is attractive as a potential power source for non-nuclear testing of solid breeder blanket modules.