[SUPERSEDED] A Flowing-Lithium Vapor-Box Divertor for a Compact Spherical-Tokamak Breeder

This record has been superseded. The current, updated version is A Flowing-Lithium Vapor-Box Divertor with Molten-Salt In-Loop Tritium Extraction for a Compact Spherical-Tokamak Breeder (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22645750). Please read and cite the current version. This page stays online so existing citations keep resolving.

A flowing-lithium vapor-box divertor for the compact breeder that couples heat exhaust to the fuel cycle. Coupled FESTIM/TMAP permeation-retention modelling ranks four liquid metals by tritium loss: lithium is optimal by three to six orders of magnitude over lithium-tin, lead-lithium, and tin, so the best power-handling surface is also the best inventory-control surface. Internal-platform concept, not a built system.