Divertor Development for a Future Fusion Power Plant

The thesis begins by describing the fusion process and operation of a fusion reactor, the approach in the conceptual development of a helium-cooled divertor, and leads to the KIT helium-cooled modular divertor design. Then the methods of verification and validation of the design by tests are described, results presented and discussed. The developed divertor concept has demonstrated its principal functionality and hence the used design process and tools can be conceived as verified and validated.