DBD Ltd Strategy towards Fusion Industry Innovation
Forum
FIIF mission to support the Demonstration Fusion
power plant (DEMO), 2012 to 2019
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About DBD Ltd
• Privately owned SME, comprising 60 employees.
• Skilled nuclear process engineers with extensive
experience in design, safety case management,
commissioning, and operating nuclear fuel fabrication
and reprocessing plant.
• Familiar with working at the design/development
interface.
• Expertise in Tritium Pant design.
• Expertise in conventional and nuclear process plant
modelling.
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DBD Ltd current fusion work
• DBD completed its first Tritium Plant simulation model
in February that describes the operations of ITER fuel
cycle over a 24 hr operating cycle.
• The model will be developed to investigate pinch points
and alternative strategies for plant arrangements,
based upon ITER needs.
• DDB are actively looking to widen our involvement in
the ITER project, through a variety of approaches
including tendering for suitable opportunities.
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Fusion Innovation Industry Forum Recommendation
‘Demonstrate the generation of a significant amount of
electricity to the grid as well as the autonomous
operation of the closed fuel cycle.’
• DBD posses skills to assist FIIF in closing the fuel cycle.
• DBD’s Tritium Plant model, could be adapted to
investigate Tritium Plant issues for FIIF.
• The model could be developed to include the breeder
blanket to close the fuel cycle loop.
• DDB have identified simplifications to processes that
can help FIIF (& ITER).
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Summary of DBD Ltd
• DBD Ltd have skills, know how and experience from our
work at ITER that can help FIIF in their mission to close
the fuel cycle for DEMO.
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