Neutronic analysis of a dual He/LiPb coolant breeding blanket for DEMO

Catalán, J.P. and Ogando Serrano, Francisco and Sanz Gonzalo, Javier and Palermo, I. and Veredas, G. and Gómez Ros, J.M. and Sedano, L. (2010). Neutronic analysis of a dual He/LiPb coolant breeding blanket for DEMO. "Fusion Engineering and Design", v. 86 (n. 9-11); pp. 1-4. ISSN 0920-3796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.03.030.

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Title: Neutronic analysis of a dual He/LiPb coolant breeding blanket for DEMO
Author/s:
  • Catalán, J.P.
  • Ogando Serrano, Francisco
  • Sanz Gonzalo, Javier
  • Palermo, I.
  • Veredas, G.
  • Gómez Ros, J.M.
  • Sedano, L.
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Fusion Engineering and Design
Date: January 2010
ISSN: 0920-3796
Volume: 86
Subjects:
Freetext Keywords: Blanket; Fusion; Neutronics; TBR; Shielding; Damage
Faculty: Instituto de Fusión Nuclear (UPM)
Department: Otro
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

A conceptual design of a DEMO fusion reactor is being developed under the Spanish Breeding Blanket Technology Programme: TECNO_FUS based on a He/LiPb dual coolant blanket as reference design option. The following issues have been analyzed to address the demonstration of the neutronic reliability of this conceptual blanket design: power amplification capacity of the blanket, tritium breeding capability for fuel self-sufficiency, power deposition due to nuclear heating in superconducting coils and material damage (dpa, gas production) to estimate the operational life of the steel-made structural components in the blanket and vacuum vessel (VV). In order to optimize the shielding of the coils different combinations of water and steel have been considered for the gap of the VV. The used neutron source is based on an axi-symmetric 2D fusion reaction profile for the given plasma equilibrium configuration. MCNPX has been used for transport calculations and ACAB has been used to handle gas production and damage energy cross sections.

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Item ID: 8803
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/8803/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:8803
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2011.03.030
Official URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 10 Nov 2011 13:15
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2016 17:27
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