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The Research Activities on Remote Handling System for CFETR

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CFETR is a fusion engineering test reactor. Its mission is to bridge the gaps between ITER and DEMO, and obtain the fusion energy power in China. However during the plasma operation the in-vessel components, plugs and other components of the CFETR would be influenced and activated by high energy neutrons, polluted by tritium. So the maintenance of these components must be handled in remote ways. First of all, the remote maintenance scheme should be planned to define how to do the maintenance work. Then the classification of the components must be performed to determine which component should be handled by remote ways. Finally the remote handling equipments should be configured to carry out the maintenance work to each component. Some R&D works have also been done on these remote handling equipments.

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  1. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China

    Zibo Zhou, Damao Yao & Pengfei Zi

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Zhou, Z., Yao, D. & Zi, P. The Research Activities on Remote Handling System for CFETR. J Fusion Energ 34, 232–237 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-014-9792-4

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