Plasma and Fusion Research
Volume 7, 2405115 (2012)
Regular Articles
- Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
- 1)
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka, Ibaraki 311-0193, Japan
- 2)
- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
Abstract
Cost evaluation analysis of the tokamak-type demonstration reactor DEMO using the PEC (physics-engineering-cost) system code is underway to establish a cost evaluation model for the DEMO reactor design. As a reference case, a DEMO reactor with reference to the SSTR (steady state tokamak reactor) was designed using PEC code. The calculated total capital cost was in the same order of that proposed previously in cost evaluation studies for the SSTR. Design parameter scanning analysis and multi regression analysis illustrated the effect of parameters on the total capital cost. The capital cost was predicted to be inside the range of several thousands of M$s in this study.
Keywords
reactor design, cost model, system code, demonstration reactor, tokamak, multiple regression analysis
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This paper may be cited as follows:
Tetsutarou OISHI, Kozo YAMAZAKI, Hideki ARIMOTO, Kanae BAN, Takuya KONDO, Kenji TOBITA and Takuya GOTO, Plasma Fusion Res. 7, 2405115 (2012).