Preliminary Neutronics Study of an Accelerator-Driven Molten Spallation Target–Molten Lithium Source of Tritium
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61389021%3A_____%2F22%3A00570332" target="_blank" >RIV/61389021:_____/22:00570332 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/26722445:_____/23:N0000066 RIV/68407700:21220/23:00360995
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15361055.2022.2120301?journalCode=ufst20" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15361055.2022.2120301?journalCode=ufst20</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2022.2120301" target="_blank" >10.1080/15361055.2022.2120301</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Preliminary Neutronics Study of an Accelerator-Driven Molten Spallation Target–Molten Lithium Source of Tritium
Original language description
Current tritium production might not be enough for all future fusion research reactors. Different approaches for tritium production have been studied in the past, one of which was tritium production using the accelerator-driven subcritical systems. This idea was dismissed in the 1990s as uneconomical when compared to using existing commercial light water reactors. This paper presents changes to the basic idea, mainly the use of a molten spallation target and molten lithium breeding volume. This advanced design is described, optimized for tritium yield using the MCNP 6.2.0 code, and compared between different accelerators. The optimized configuration consists of a 1-GeV, 200-mA proton accelerator, a molten Pb-Bi eutectic spallation target with a length of 60 cm and a diameter of 75 cm, and molten lithium breeding volume with dimensions of 500 cm in length and 900 cm in diameter. As calculated, the annual production of the proposed accelerator-driven tritium production system could be as high as 350 g of tritium with the optimized configuration.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000778" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000778: Center for advanced applied science</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Fusion Science and Technology
ISSN
1536-1055
e-ISSN
1943-7641
Volume of the periodical
79
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
104-116
UT code for WoS article
000901504700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85144481590