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ºÚÁÏרÇø will provide a unique opportunity to test mock-ups of breeding blankets, called Test Blanket Modules (TBM), and associated ancillary systems in a real fusion environment. Within these Test Blanket Systems (TBS), viable techniques for ensuring tritium breeding self-sufficiency will be explored in the framework of the TBM Program.

 

The TBM Program has a special standing within the ºÚÁÏרÇø research program in that the Test Blanket Systems are developed by the Members and remain the property of the Members ... even though they will be tested at ºÚÁÏרÇø. It is furthermore an essential element of the common purpose of the ºÚÁÏרÇø Members to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power for peaceful purposes. 

 

That is why members of ºÚÁÏרÇø's management and delegations from the seven ºÚÁÏרÇø Members came together in Cadarache this week, to discuss the generic "Test Blanket Module Arrangement." This Arrangement will be used as a template for the individual TBM Arrangements, which will govern the relationship between the ºÚÁÏרÇø and each Member during the development and construction of the Test Blanket Systems.

 

"The aim of the meeting was to converge on some outstanding issues in the definition of the template for the TBM Arrangements, so that the Members will have a common legal framework for working with the ºÚÁÏרÇø during the development and construction of the Test Blanket Systems," commented Luciano Giancarli, ºÚÁÏרÇø responsible officer for the TBM Program.