Analysis of LBM (lithium blanket module) experiments at LOTUS
A Lithium Blanket Module (LBM) has been designed at General Atomic Company for testing on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR). The LBM has both realistic fusion blanket materials and configuration and has been designed for detailed experimental analyses of tritium breeding and neutron flux spatial/spectral distributions. It is {approximately}80 cm{sup 3} and the breeding material is Li{sub 2}O. The main objective of the LBM program was to perform a series of experiments by irradiating it using the toroidal neutron source of the TFTR. The comparison between measured and calculated neutron spectra and reaction rates would indicate the accuracy of presently available nuclear data and calculational methods and show the need for future data evaluation and methods development. With a delay in undertaking the deuterium-tritium operation of the Princeton TFTR, it was clear that the LOTUS facility could now provide an extremely valuable resolution of basic technological uncertainties in fusion reactor blanket physics. This resolution has been a major force behind EPRI's fusion program. 6 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 6765002
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-860610-Summs.; CODEN: TANSA; TRN: 90-022115
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA), Vol. 52; Conference: American Nuclear Society annual meeting, Reno, NV (USA), 15-20 Jun 1986; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
BREEDING BLANKETS
NEUTRON TRANSPORT
LOTUS FACILITY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
CALCULATION METHODS
BREEDING RATIO
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
DESIGN
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
IRRADIATION
LITHIUM OXIDES
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRON FLUX
NEUTRON REACTIONS
NEUTRON SOURCES
NEUTRON SPECTRA
NUCLEAR DATA COLLECTIONS
TFTR TOKAMAK
TRITIUM
TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BARYON REACTIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHALCOGENIDES
CONVERSION RATIO
COOPERATION
DATA
HADRON REACTIONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEON REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLE SOURCES
RADIATION FLUX
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIATION TRANSPORT
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
SPECTRA
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
700201* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Blanket Engineering