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A. R. Raffray, S. Malang, L. El-Guebaly, X. Wang, the ARIES Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 4 | May 2005 | Pages 1068-1073
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - First Wall, Blanket, and Shield | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A828
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This paper describes the conceptual design of a ceramic breeder blanket considered as one of the candidate blankets in the first phase of the ARIES-CS study. The blanket is coupled to a Brayton power cycle to avoid the safety concern associated with the possibility of Be/steam reaction in case of accident.