Supply Chain & Buildability - Can It Be Built at Fleet Rate
The compact breeder's buildability on engineering grounds (cost held internal): the longest-lead item is 90%-enriched lithium-6, but the neutronics meet the breeding target at 30–60 at% ⁶Li — moving the hardest item off the critical path. The centrepost is a scheduled-replacement cartridge on a ~10–15 unit/yr line, converting a manufacturing risk into a production-rate spec.
Authors
- Priyanca Ford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-1752)
- G. L. Kulcinski
Institutions
- Fusion for Energy (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22132220
- Primary Topic
- Transportation Systems and Infrastructure
- Type
- preprint