Development of a liquid-metal fusion reactor divertor with a capillary-pore system

The absence of a satisfactorily developed fusion reactor (FR) divertor approach (having no lost layers of sputtered plate materials and/or replaceable blocks) has become the reason for the development of the new concept of liquid-metal divertor (LMD) with a capillary-pore (CP) lithium protection system. Creative and novel design and material solutions, combined with unique natural thermophysical properties of Li working in a gas target evaporation-radiation mode, ensures the prolonged and steady performance of a FR divertor (D).