Helical reactor design FFHR-d1 and c1 for steady-state DEMO

NIFS launched the Fusion Engineering Research Project (FERP) in preparation for DEMO by starting the redesign of the LHD-type helical reactor FFHR-d1. In the first round, the main parameters were selected. The second round is preparing detailed three-dimensional (3D) design of the superconducting magnet support structures, and 3D neutronics analyses, where the diverter targets can be efficiently shielded from fast neutrons. A new Flinabe blanket mixed with metal powder was proposed. Fabrication of helical coils by connecting half-helical-pitch segments of 100 kA-class YBCO high-temperature superconductors is proposed as a promising method. Also in progress is improvement of the first round of the core plasma design, ignition start-up analyses, and fueling scenario. As a consequence, a multi-path strategy on FFHR-d1 has been introduced with versions of -d1A, -d1B, and -d1C, where design flexibility is expanded to include subignition with options FFHR-c1 for “before demo, compact, and component-test.”